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Nestor and Zimonjic take doubles crown

05/07/2008

Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic beat Jonas Bjorkman and Kevin Ullyett to win the men's doubles final at Wimbledon. It was their first Grand Slam title as a duo.

The contest was even at one set each in the third set when Zimonjic and Nestor’s powerful serve swung the tie in their favour. They won the set 6-3 and went on to clinch the title by winning the fourth set 6-2.

It was a Wimbledon farewell for Bjorkman, who is retiring this year. It was the Swede’s 129th match at Wimbledon, with an incredible 95 victories, but unfortunately for him he was a loser on this occasion.

Nestor and Zimonjic won an exciting first set tie-break to put them ahead, but Bjorkman and Ullyett fought back in the second.

After that Nestor and Zimonjic came into their own and won the title in a match that lasted two hours, 39 minutes.

The victory completes a full set of Grand Slam titles for Nestor and it’s also a first Wimbledon title for his partner.