Main Doubles Draw

A shed load of quality doubles teams in this draw. Will top seeds Nestor and Zimonjic finally make a breakthrough? Or will #4 seeds Bhupathi and Knowles make it two weeks in a row? (They face Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka in the first round)

#2 seeds are US Open champs Aspelin and Knowle, followed by Damm and Vizner.

yep, definitely some interesting teams in there:

santoro and gasquet is quite interesting, and Youzhny and Kohlschreiber - who have been doing so well in doubles recently - are pairing up again. also Nadal is playing doubles with Lopez

Monday, 3 March 2008

Doubles - First Round
[1] D Nestor/N Zimonjic d T Berdych/J Nieminen 64 76(6)
[3] M Damm/P Vizner d H Abbas/M Nader 62 62
F Lopez/R Nadal d J Coetzee/W Moodie 64 76(5)

Tuesday, March 4 2008

Doubles - First Round
[2] S Aspelin/J Knowle d P Hanley/L Paes 61 63
R Gasquet/F Santoro d D Ferrer/F Verdasco 67(5) 62 17-15
[WC] R Bopanna/A-U-H Qureshi d I Andreev/P-H Mathieu 75 64

Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Doubles - Quarter-finals
[2] S Aspelin/J Knowle d R Gasquet/F Santoro 63 46 10-7

Doubles - First Round
[4] M Bhupathi/M Knowles d [Alt] J Kerr/R Wassen 64 63
P Kohlschreiber/M Youzhny d M Fyrstenbrg/M Matkowski 63 64

Thursday, 6 March 2008

Doubles - Quarter-finals
[1] D Nestor/N Zimonjic d [WC] R Bopanna/A-U-H Qureshi 26 76(5) 10-6
[3] M Damm/P Vizner d P Kohlschreiber/M Youzhny 64 75
[4] M Bhupathi/M Knowles d F Lopez/R Nadal 61 61

i didn't notice that both lopez and nadal were playing in doubles today - not surprised they lost though :unsure:

:( The Cabbage and Misha :(

All the established pairings winning in Dubai. I like the combinations that are popping up recently. Cabbage boy and Youzhny make an attractive pairing, and surely Lopez/Nadal have a shot at climbing the rankings if they stick together during the clay season

a lot of the French players are pretty good doubles players too and seem to kind of mix-and-match depending on the tournament. :ok: the Cabbage and Misha seem to be doing well though, be good to see how they pan out as a partnership B)

Friday, 7 March 2008

[3] M Damm/P Vizner d [1] D Nestor/N Zimonjic 63 76(6)
[4] M Bhuapthi/M Knowles d [2] S Aspelin/J Knowle 62 60

Another disappointing loss for Nestor and Zimonjic. Surely it's coming to the point where they won't be ranked #1 in these tournies?!

Saturday, March 8 2008

Doubles - Final
[4] M Bhupathi/M Knowles d [3] M Damm/P Vizner 75 76(7) :clap:

Another superb week for Bhupathi and Knowles which makes them the in-form team at the mo!