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Nestor, Mirnyi win doubles title at French Open

The Columbian
Published: June 3, 2011, 5:00pm

PARIS (AP) — Daniel Nestor of Canada and Max Mirnyi of Belarus won their first Grand Slam title together by defeating Eduardo Schwank of Argentina and Juan Sebastian Cabal of Colombia 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4 Saturday in the French Open final.

It was also Nestor’s seventh major title in men’s doubles and Mirnyi’s fifth, all with different partners.

Cabal and Schwank were playing in their first tournament together. Cabal was making his Grand Slam debut, while Schwank had reached the Wimbledon and U.S. Open semifinals.

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