Masamichi Imamura-Rio Noguchi win doubles title

Japan’s Masamichi Imamura-Rio Noguchi claimed the Delhi Open 2025 tennis doubles title with a win over Niki Poonacha of India and Zimbabwe’s Courtney John Lock in the final at the DLTA Complex on Saturday.

Imamura and Noguchi, unseeded at the ATP Challenger 75 event, beat the second-seeded pair 6-4, 6-3 in the final that lasted one hour and three minutes.

Imamura and Noguchi took control from the outset, securing breaks in the third and fifth games to race to a 4-1 lead in the opening set.

While the Indian tennis player and his partner fought back with a break of their own in game six, closing the gap to 4-3, the Japanese pair held firm to take the first set 6-4.

The second set followed a similar pattern, with breaks in the first and fifth games proving decisive. Despite the second seeds’ efforts to force a turnaround, a double fault on match point sealed the title for Imamura and Noguchi.

Meanwhile, the singles tennis event saw France’s Kyrian Jacquet move into the final by knocking out top-seeded Vit Kopriva of Czechia in straight sets.

The unseeded Frenchman, who had eliminated seventh seed Sho Shimabukuro of Japan and seasoned players Jay Clarke of Great Britain and Belgium’s Michael Geerts in the earlier rounds, raced off the blocks in the first set, breaking Kopriva in the second and sixth games to establish a 5-1 lead.

Kopriva gave himself some reprieve by breaking back in the very next game, before holding his serve to cut the deficit to 5-3. Jacquet, however, won on his serve to claim the first set.

The second set proved much more straightforward for Jacquet, who broke Kopriva’s service thrice in a row to seal the win 6-3, 6-1 in little over an hour.

Jacquet will face second seed Billy Harris in the final after the Briton saw off third seed Tristan Schoolkate in the second semi-final.

Having lost the opening set 6-4, Harris bounced back in the second, forcing his opponent into a tie-breaker which he won by a three-point margin.

With momentum on his side, Harris raced into a 3-0 advantage in the decider before winning the match on his opponent’s serve in the eighth game. Harris stamped his triumph 4-6, 7(7)-6(4), 6-2 in two hours and 22 minutes.

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