Smith and Peers, both standout doubles players on the college level, knocked off Sabastian Riechick and Danai Udomchoke 6-0, 6-3 in the semifinals of the $50,000 Challenger event.Â
In their first Challenger final appearance, Smith and Peers take on the fourth-seeded Indian duo of Divij Sharan and Vishnu Vardhan. A victory would put Smith in the top 400 in the ATP doubles rankings. He started the week No. 585.
In Florida: Rhyne Williams defeated Sergio Gutierrez-Ferrol 6-4, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Palm Coast Futures. He faces Petru-Alexandru Luncanu of Romania on Friday.
Luncanu beat Williams' doubles partner and former Vol Tennys Sandgren 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the second round.
