DJOKOVIC AND BRYANS

Djokovic won the 10th title of his career Sunday, rallying to beat unseeded Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the Rome Masters.

"I was aiming for Rome and Roland Garros as my two priorities on clay courts this season," Djokovic said. "Now I have more confidence approaching big events on clay, and other surfaces as well."

This tournament was an important warmup for the French Open, which begins in two weeks.

The third-ranked Djokovic won the Australian Open in January for his first Grand Slam tournament title, then captured the Masters Series event in Indian Wells, Calif., in March.

Djokovic's third victory of 2008 will move him within 310 points of second-ranked Rafael Nadal in the ATP rankings.

Daniel Nestor and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic lost the Rome Masters doubles final after a lengthy tiebreaker Sunday, falling 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 to American twins Bob and Mike Bryan.

It was the second championship loss at the elite Masters level for the second seeds, who also lost in the Indian Wells final last March.

''We were playing well as a team, it was a couple of shots here and there in the final that made the difference,'' said Nestor.''We like our form now. We won some important matches this week which we would not have done a few weeks before.

''We had lost some tough three-setters and we won them this week. Things are turning around and hopefully we just need to build on them.''

Nestor and Zimonjic joined forces after the U.S. Open last year and took the first set with a late break. They failed to hold the momentum in the second as the Americans recovered with a break in the final game.

The tiebreaker third was a lottery.

Nestor and Zimonjic were unable to capitalize on a 4-1 lead, with the Bryans making up the gap and taking a 5-4 advantage. They rebounded to go up 8-7 only to lose the contest three points later when the top seeds converted their first match point.

The Bryans now look ready for the French Open after also winning a trophy in Barcelona last week on clay. They won their first Rome title after runner-up finishes in 2005 and 2007.

The teams next head to Hamburg for another Masters Series event, the last major tuneup before the May 25 start of the French Open.

Nestor and Zimonjic hadn't won a match since Indian Wells, falling in subsequent opening matches in Miami, Monte Carlo and Barcelona before Rome.

''The difference was we had two double-faults and they had none,'' said Nestor. ''Other than that it was pretty even.

''Every point was close, it went back and forth. They're the best and  you have to go for it. Unfortunately it didn't work out.''