Dutch duo surge ahead on ATP tour<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The solid Dutch pair of Jacco Eltingh and Paul
\nHaarhuis have assured themselves of the top spot on the ATP Tour
\nWorld Doubles rankings to be issued tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Eltingh and Haarhuis have reached the French Open final as the
\nlone top seeded survivors at the grueling two-week clay court
\nchampionships. They secured 390 additional ranking points with
\ntheir 6-3, 6-0 drubbing of the American-New Zealand team of Tommy
\nHo and Brett Steven in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
The points are adequate to oust the Australian duo Todd
\nWoodbridge and Mark Woodforde from the top place, opening up the
\nrace on the road to Jakarta for the ATP World Doubles
\nchampionship.<\/p>\n
The Woodies, top seeds in Paris, made an early exit as all but
\none top teams found Rolland Garros their graveyard. The Woodies'
\nfirst round defeat to Italy's Christian Brandi and Belgian Libor
\nPimek was particularly shocking as the Australians had won their
\nlast three tournaments together prior to the French Open.<\/p>\n
Defending champions Byron Black of Zimbabwe and Jonathan Stark
\nof the U.S. crashed out of the second round to the eventual
\nSwedish finalists Nicklas Kulti and Magnus Larsson.<\/p>\n
Also bundled out of the French Open opening rounds were third
\nseeds Grant Connell of Canada and American Patrick Galbraith and
\nlast year's finalists Jan Apell and Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden.<\/p>\n
The fight for pivotal points on the road to Jakarta will
\nresume at the Wimbledon championships in two week's time, when
\nthe Woodies will defend their title.<\/p>\n
Jakarta will play host to the world doubles season-ending
\ntournament for the second year running. (amd)<\/p>",
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