Reynolds and Watt claim ATP doubles title
Updated: 4 hours ago
Top results for New Zealand tennis players in their latest tournaments with Finn Reynolds and James Watt as well as Anton Shepp and Isaac Becroft winning doubles titles.
Reynolds and Watt won the 125 Challenger event in Seoul, defeating Australia's Blake Bayldon and Tom Fancutt 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 in the final for their third title of the year.
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The title match was moved indoors due to rain and gave the kiwi pair an ranking improvement up to 78 for Reynolds and 79 for Watt. If they can improve to the low 70's they should make the main draw for the Australian Open
Along the way to the title in Seoul they defeated higly ranked top seeds Yuki Bhambri and Ray Ho.
They move on to the Taipei Challenger where they are second seeds and face Aussies Callum Puttergill and Jason Kubler who is ranked 60 in doubles in the first round.
Meanwhile Anton Shepp and Isaac Becroft continued their excellent doubles form, winning the second week at the M25 in Tamworth Australia.
The top seeds won title title without dropping a set all defeating Australia's Chen Dong and Tai Sach 6-2, 6-3 in the final.
It is their their fourth M25 level title in a row, and is their 20th win together in a row as well.
They have a week off before playing three Challenger tournaments in Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide.
Becroft has a new doubles high ranking of 328 and Shepp 372. In singles Shepp is 488 and Becroft 533.
