Woodies retrieve Wimbledon<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Australian pair of Mark Woodforde and Todd
\nWoodbridge kept up the pressure for world best doubles team tag
\nafter their historic Wimbledon hat trick.<\/p>\n
The Woodies became the second team to win Wimbledon three
\ntimes in a row since the inception of professionalism in the
\nworld's oldest tennis tournament in 1968. John Newcombe and Tony
\nRoche were the first with their consecutive victories from 1968
\nto 1970.<\/p>\n
The Australians scooped 650 points to move up to second place
\nin the latest ATP Tour Doubles rankings. They trailed the
\npacesetters, Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis of the Netherlands,
\nby just 284 points.<\/p>\n
Eight top teams in the rankings will qualify for the ATP Tour
\nWorld Doubles Championship here in November, with a total of
\nUS$1.3 million in cash up for grabs.<\/p>\n
\"Todd and Mark lost in the first round at the French Open, and
\nI know they worked very hard with their coach Ray Ruffles to make
\nsure they were ready for Wimbledon,\" Russel Barlow, ATP Tour
\nWorld Doubles Championship consultant said.<\/p>\n
The Dutch pair remain at the top of the table with 2,474
\npoints despite their upsetting loss to unseeded American pair
\nRick Leach and Scott Melville in the quarterfinals of the
\nWimbledon. Eltingh and Haarhuis were seeking a Wimbledon victory
\nto complete the Grand Slam of major titles, following their
\nFrench Open win last month.<\/p>\n
The Americans vaulted up the rankings from 17 to 8 on the
\nstrength of their Wimbledon showing. They chalked up another
\ngiant-killing wins over eighth seeds Cyril Suk and Daniel Vacek
\nand 14th seeds Yevgeny Kafelnokov and Marc Goellner on their way
\nto the final.<\/p>\n
Canadian-American combination of Grant Connell and Patrick
\nGalbraith dropped to third from second in the provisional
\nrankings following their first-round exit at Wimbledon. (amd)<\/p>",
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