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South Americans Cuevas, Horna take men's doubles crown

Associated Press

Saturday, June 7, 2008

PARIS -- Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Luis Horna of Peru won the French Open men's doubles title Saturday, making them the first all-South American duo to become Grand Slam champions in the 40-year Open era. The unseeded Cuevas and Horna beat No. 2-seeded Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia 6-2, 6-3 in the final. Neither Cuevas or Horna had won a major title. They played only one previous tournament together, and that was on the challenger circuit. "Winning a Grand Slam in dou ...

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