RAFAEL NADAL, NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND ANDY MURRAY DOUBLE UP IN MONTREAL

Written by: Staff on 11th August 2015

RAFAEL NADAL, NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND ANDY MURRAY DOUBLE UP IN MONTREAL |

“Nadal/Verdasco def Berdych/Sock 6-3 5-7 10-6 yesterday at Rogers Cup. They will face Mahut/Herbert. “We start with victory! Pleasure to play with this guy by my side! Tomorrow more,” Verdasco said.” – Photo by @fedalpova via Instagram.

Rafael Nadal, the 2013 Rogers Cup singles champion, made a winning return to Montreal as he teamed up with compatriot Fernando Verdasco to beat Tomas Berdych and Jack Sock 6-3, 5-7, 10-6 on Monday.

The Spaniards needed one break of serve and 29 minutes to win the opening set. Undeterred, Berdych and Sock saved five break points in the second set before edging Nadal and Verdasco to force a Match Tie-break.

“Yesterday, Jack Sock & Tomas Berdych lost their first round doubles’ match against Rafa Nadal & Fernando Verdasco. (3-6, 7-5, 6-10) #montreal #rogerscup #atpworldtour” – Photo by @pospisock via Instagram.

Nadal and Verdasco’s next opponents will be eighth seeds Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who took home the doubles title at Queen’s in June.

Novak Djokovic partnered fellow Serb Janko Tipsarevic to a 6-4, 6-3 win against Andreas Seppi and Viktor Troicki in 63 minutes. The match was dominated by the return of serve, as the teams exchanged 13 break points in the first set and six in the second. Next up for the Serbs are fourth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea.

Andy Murray set up a doubles showdown against his older brother, Jamie Murray, after joining forces with Leander Paes to dismiss Kevin Anderson and Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 6-1. They faced one break point to their opponents’ nine in the 61-minute match.

Jamie Murray and John Peers, the No. 7 seeds this week, recently won the Hamburg title and were runners-up at Wimbledon.

( Courtesy of the ATP and Original Link – http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/montreal-2015-monday-doubles )

Topics: Andreas Seppi, Andy Murray, Atp World Tour, Doubles tennis, Fernando Verdasco, jack sock, Jamie Murray, Janko Tipsarevic, Leander Paes, Montreal, Nicolas Mahut, Novak Djokovic, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Rafa Nadal, Rogers Cup, Sports, Tennis News, Tomas Berdych, Viktor Troicki

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10sBalls_com says:

August 11, 2015 at 11:50 am

-@RafaelNadal, @DjokerNole AND @andy_murray DOUBLE UP IN #Montreal- http://t.co/AsLFhAI7L7 @rogerscup @CoupeRogers #tennis #RogersCup
maye4life says:

August 11, 2015 at 2:35 pm

RT @10sBalls_com: -@RafaelNadal, @DjokerNole AND @andy_murray DOUBLE UP IN #Montreal- http://t.co/AsLFhAI7L7 @rogerscup @CoupeRogers #tenni…