Toronto will be going up in fireworks this week with world no.1 Rafael Nadal and no. 2 Novak Djokovic teaming up for the men's doubles at the Master Series event. This will mark the first time in a long time that both world 1 and 2 teaming for a doubles event.
Back in 1976 no. 1 Jimmy Connors and no. 2 Arthur Ashe teamed up together for two tournaments, one in North Conaway, N.H. and the other in Washongton.
“Novak called Rafa a couple of weeks ago and reminded him,” Benito Perez-Barbadillo, the publicist for Nadal and Djokovic, wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Saturday. “Rafa liked the idea again and here they are.”