Nestor And Zimonjic Win Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London

Written by: Staff on 29th November 2010

Nestor And Zimonjic Win Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London

2008 ITF World Champions Dinner Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) and Daniel Nestor (CAN), Men's Doubles Champions |

Playing their last tournament together, Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON) and his Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic went out on a winning note, capturing top honours at the prestigious Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, England on Sunday.

Seeded second at the season-ending event, Nestor and Zimonjic defeated India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus, who will be Nestor’s new partner in 2011, 7-6(6), 6-4 to take home their seventh title of the season. Nestor and Zimonjic didn’t have one break opportunity in the opening set and erased a 4-6 deficit in the tiebreak to win 8-6 and take a one set lead. The 2008 champions broke serve for the first time in the match at 3- 3 in the second frame and that was all they needed to collect their second title in three years at the Tour Finals. Nestor and Zimonjic saved a match point in their semifinal on Saturday to knock off the top-ranked Bryan brothers in the final encounter against their arch rivals.

In three full seasons together, Nestor and Zimonjic won 21 titles including 3 Grand Slam titles (2 Wimbledon, 1 French Open) and they also finished their 2008 campaign as the No. 1 doubles team in the world. On Sunday, Nestor, winner of the Golden Slam, claimed the 71st title of his illustrious career and third at the Tour Championships. The 38-year-old also won the title in 2007 with his former partner Mark Knowles.

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