Max Purcell receives the trophy from PMRDA Commissioner, Rahul Ranjan Mahiwal in Pune on Sunday.| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Max Purcell of Australia made it a hat trick of titles on the Indian swing, as he received the PMR Open $130,000 Challenger tennis match, beating fourth seed Luca Nardi of Italy 6-2, 6-3 within the remaining on the Balewadi Stadium on Sunday.

The 24-year-old Purcell, who had received the Wimbledon doubles title with Matthew Ebden final 12 months, has since been attempting to concentrate on his singles profession. That was the rationale for Ebden to tie up with Rohan Bopanna for this season.

The two-time Australian Open doubles runner-up, Purcell had received the sooner Challengers in Chennai and Bengaluru over the sooner fortnight, to achieve a profession greatest singles rank of 116.

The present title, his fifth Challenger singles title, that fetched him 100 ATP factors and $17,650, is anticipated to place him within the top-100 singles rank.

Interestingly, Purcell had received his first Challenger title in 2016 in Gimcheon, Korea. His second Challenger title was in 2021, in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan. He has in any other case been busy, successful 16 doubles titles, together with the one at Wimbledon.

The 19-year-old Nardi had misplaced to Purcell within the quarterfinals final week in Bengaluru, moderately tamely. He had received three Challenger titles final 12 months that helped him attain a profession greatest rank of 126.

The Commissioner of PMRDA, Rahul Ranjan Mahiwal, introduced the prizes.

The outcomes:

Singles (remaining): Max Purcell (Aus) bt Luca Nardi (Ita) 6-2, 6-3.

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