Prachya Hugs Indian Partner to Win ATP Challenger Tennis Championship

Thai tennis player Nat Prachya Issaro and Niki Galiyananda Punacha from India won the men's doubles championship in the ATP Challenger Tour Level 50 'Coromandel Open' tournament, with a total prize of 63,000 USD or approximately 2 million baht in India on the night of February 14, 2024. The world's 164th and 146th ranked doubles pair, who were the tournament's top-seeded team, defeated Jay Clark (world's 408th ranked) from the United Kingdom and Mukund Sasikumar (world's 1,752nd ranked) from India 2-0 in sets, 6-4, 6-4, in a total match time of 1 hour and 24 minutes. This is Prachya's first championship of the year and his 29th doubles title in his professional career, and his third ATP Challenger Tour title.