DANIEL NESTOR'S EARNED A NEST-EGG

DANIEL NESTOR and Nenad Zimonjic retained their men's doubles crown after a clash which showed that not only singles stars pocket a fortune.

The Serb-born duo collected £230,000 for seeing off No 1 seeds Bob and Mike Bryan of America, who had to make do with £115,000 following their 7-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 defeat.

But those sums can be added to the staggering £14.5million the four stars have already earned from being at the top of the doubles game. Their best-ever singles ratings range from 58 to . . . . 246!

Desperate

Second seeds Nestor and Zimonjic took 2hr 42min to triumph, with the first break of serve taking 2hr 20min to arrive as the two pairs slugged it out through three tie-breaks.

The Bryan twins were desperate to regain the title they won in 2006, having roared through to the final without dropping a single service game.

But their opponents were in no mood to give up their crown and got the break that really mattered early in the fourth set.

Nestor, who now represents Canada and has won the other three Grand Slams with Mark Knowles, was full of praise for his partner.

He declared: "Nenad has shown himself to be one of the best grass court doubles players in the world."

Zimonjic said after clinching victory with two aces: "It is an amazing feeling to defend the title and go home undefeated with Danny."

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