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Canada’s Daniel Nestor loses in doubles quarter-finals at French Open
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Original Publication Date: June 2, 2014 1:03AM
Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 11:03PM
PARIS – Toronto’s Daniel Nestor and Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic have been eliminated from the French Open following a 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (5) quarter-final loss to Marin Draganja of Croatia and Florin Mergea of Romania.
Draganja and Mergea upset the third seeds, winning a third-set tiebreaker after trailing 4-1.
Nestor had been bidding for a seventh Paris semifinal appearance.
He and Zimonjic won the opening set but were broken late in the second set for 3-5.
After Draganja and Mergea tied the match at a set apiece, Zimonjic was broken to start the third.
They got the break back for 4-all but were unable to prevent the tiebreaker.
Nestor and Zimonjic came to Roland Garros with back-to-back clay titles at Madrid and Rome.
The 41-year-old Nestor is still alive in mixed doubles with partner Kristina Mdladenovic of France.
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