July 5, 2008 / 7:04 PM

Nestor and Zimonjic win men's doubles

LONDON, July 5 (UPI) -- Canada's Daniel Nestor and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic beat Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman and Zimbabwe's Kevin Ullyett Saturday in the men's doubles final at Wimbledon.

The second-seeded pair of Nestor-Zimonjic defeated eighth-seeded Bjorkman-Ullyett 7-6 (14-12), 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-3. Nestor and Zimonjic, runners-up in the French Open men's doubles finals, overcame the top-seeded American twin Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, Thursday.

Nestor and Zimonjic split $450,000 for their triumph.

U.S. Open golf: J.J. Spaun conquers Oakmont for first major win

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England's Royal Ascot, Japan lead big weekend of horse racing

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Anaheim Ducks trade for New York Rangers veteran Chris Kreider

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Wimbledon increases winning prize to Grand Slam record $4M

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