Chand and Lopes cop first major tennis trophy

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Andre Lopes (left) and Sandeep Chand pose with their winning trophies at the presentation ceremony.
Andre Lopes (left) and Sandeep Chand pose with their winning trophies at the presentation ceremony.

Sandeep Chand and Andre Lopes claime their first major trophy when the 2011 Trophy Stall Doubles Tennis Tournament concluded on Thursday evening at the Pegasus Hotel hard courts.

Chand and Lopes played strongly to defeat the number one seeded duo of Leyland Leacock and Gilbert Barckoy in straight sets to cop the tournament and the championship trophy.