Sheffield's Jonny Marray, who caused shock waves in reaching last month's semi finals of the Hastings Direct National Tennis Championships at Bolton,

has gone on to find further success in Germany.

Partnering Finland's Janne Ojala in the Men's $25,000 Challenger in Eckental, the Bolton based 21 year old reached the semi finals after beating the No.1 seeds, Karsten Braasch and Jens Knippschild from Germany 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the quarter finals.

Marray and Ojala were beaten in the semi finals by another German pair, Philipp Petzschner and Simon Stadler 6-4 7-6.