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That was a very good doubles team they just beat. They really move well together and make plays at the net.

We need to improve our doubles game. They're all very young ? all but one of them is a freshman. But overall I was pleased with how we played. But Miller Place is a very solid team from top to bottom.

We have two in the finals, which is pretty good. ... It would have been nice to get one of our doubles (teams) through, but I'm pleased in general.

We haven't played them in doubles before but we have faced them in singles so we know what to expect. It should be very close.

We're all here and healthy, but we've had our lineup together only one time. That keeps us from putting a lineup out there that we want to have. We're still rotating people at doubles and we're trying to get that ironed out.

We were just as strong today as we were yesterday; we didn't come out flat. Not getting the doubles point hurt us, but the singles matches were very tight.

We didn't back down from them. Right off the bat, we nearly got the doubles point.

On the positive side, a lot of games went to deuces. Our first doubles played really well at 3-6, 3-6. There were some real good matches. We have to keep plugging.

Tony Cox

I have a pretty young team. They see how Reed and Phil play doubles together and that has been a good model. They play doubles the way it should be played.

David Nalbandian

I have known him for a long time, we played juniors together and won the junior doubles at Wimbledon in 1999, so we know each other's game very well.

Fundamentally, I would say our doubles are improving and the No. 5 and 6 singles positions are doing respectably. That said, we need to be more competitive in the other positions.

What we had to do in doubles was play basic, solid tennis. The main thing with a lot of new kids is they want to hit winners or they want to push the ball. You need to be consistently firm. That?s what Eric does well, and that?s what Matt Dunne did in the second set.

We try to frustrate our opponents first, rather than frustrating ourselves. We haven't had this doubles team long, and they've been working well together. We just need to be a little more crisp. It's just going to come with time.

We swept the doubles with some real smart play.

I have high hopes for the top doubles team of Will and Armando. They should be quite strong if it works out. I just hope they stay healthy.

Taylor Dent

I feel like it would be a shame to get rid of doubles, but I guess it's on the doubles players' responsibilities to find a way to make it lucrative.

We started slow and really dug ourselves a hole with the doubles losses. We knew we had to win.

We struggled with the weather and our doubles were hot and cold.

Pete Sampras

World Team Tennis gives me an opportunity to play singles, doubles and mixed doubles and that's something I didn't get to do during my career.

Martina Hingis

We worked hard all season to get ourselves into this position, ... I was very happy to be part of this team and get them going. I knew when the guys lost the first set of doubles I had to step up and get us a lead.

Darren Johnson

We are making him shoot more in practice. High crotches, doubles legs, whatever. We are hoping if he does it enough in practice it will become part of his matches.

We played well, sweeping doubles and winning three out of four singles matches in straight sets.

Overall we've noticed an increase, it (business) doubles if not triples when the jackpot gets this high. It's really picked up, it's big business.

Our team is playing very well right now. The singles lineup is solid and our doubles teams are starting to play a little better together.

Outstanding singles player for the girls was Hoffman and in doubles were Diaz and Gomez. Morgan played a tough match and showed why she was a regional qualifier last year. Alejandra and Schabrian played very smart doubles and I was very pleased with their performance.

I think they can do really well if they keep playing together. They also understand each other's games already, and if you have that so quickly then there's a lot of potential for a really good doubles team.

Jamie Link played at number one for us today and got a real good win and all the doubles teams played well.

I saw some weaknesses there in doubles and their lower singles seeds. We have something to work at, and we've got a week to work at it.

I thought the team played really well. (But) I was really disappointed in our doubles play today.

I think we're going to be able to put some pretty good doubles teams together this year, that'll help, we're usually pretty weak in doubles.

I think that's why the league is playing on Friday nights this year. They figured a lot of mixed doubles was being played on Fridays anyway, so why not make it a league.

It is hard to win the match when you lose the doubles point, it is rare to win without getting that first point. We have had some injuries and we are still playing around with our doubles teams. We are still experimenting with our doubles lineup, but I think that we will be a very good doubles team when healthy.

Our one doubles is playing very well right now. They hung around and never let the other team pull ahead. They're playing competitively.