NESTOR TAKES HAMBURG DOUBLES

Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic have claimed the doubles title of the Hamburg Masters Series 2008 presented by E.ON Hanse. They triumphed over title defenders and world No.1 doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan 6:4, 5:7, 10:8. With this win, the No.5 ranked Canadian/Serbian team avenged last week's loss in the Rome final.

For Daniel Nestor, this victory means his third crown at Rothenbaum. Together with former partner Mark Knowles, he had already captured the title two times before, in 1996 and 2003. At the award ceremony, tournament director Charly Steeb praised the development of the doubles competition: "It has changed a lot in the recent years. Now it's mainly specialists dominating the scene, the champions tiebreak shortens the matches immensely but at the same time makes them more exciting. Today we witnessed great tennis."