In tennis, India’s Siddhant Banthia and his partner Alexander Donski of Bulgaria have clinched the ATP Kigali Challenger title in Kigali, Rwanda. The Indian-Bulgarian duo defeated the third-seeded pair, Geoffrey Blancaneaux of France and Kolar Zdenek of Czechia, in the summit clash yesterday. Banthia and Donski won the first set by 6-4 but lost a closely contested second set by 6-7. However, they held their nerves and bagged the super tie-breaker by 10-8.

This marks Banthia’s first ATP Challenger title. With the win, he has achieved a career-high ranking of 196 and also became the 11th Indian to break into the top 200 in the ATP doubles rankings.