Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor StartDoubles Title Defense

Written by: Staff on 30th May 2012

Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor StartDoubles Title Defense

epa02766122 Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Daniel Nestor of Canada in action against Juan Sebastian Cabal of Colombia and Eduardo Schwank of Argentina in the men's doubles final for the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 04 June 2011. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA |

(Original Story: http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2012/05/22/Roland-Garros-Wednesday-Doubles.aspx)

Top seeds and defending champions Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor got their Roland Garros campaign off to a fine start on Wednesday when they beat Robin Haase and Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-4 in 61 minutes. The pair lost 16 points on their serves and are now 27-9 on the season.

Second seeds and 2003 titlists Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan converted six of 10 break point opportunities to beat Sergiy Stakhovsky and Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-3 in 67 minutes. They are now 42-12 on Parisian clay as they begin their quest for a 79th tour-level crown.

Eighth seeds Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Julian Knowle and Leonardo Mayer 6-3, 6-4 in 73 minutes, while ninth seeds Frantisek Cermak and Filip Polasek overcame Colombians Alejandro Falla and Santiago Giraldo 7-6(1), 7-5 in one hour and 33 minutes.

Tenth seeds Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer proved too strong for Frenchmen Nicolas Dasnieres de Veigy and Nicolas Renavand in a 6-3, 6-2 victory. Elsewhere, No. 15 seeds Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram and No. 16 seeds and last year’s finalists Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah also reached the second round.

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