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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.

We started off playing well in the doubles and won there, but at the beginning of singles, things went in the opposite direction.

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.

We're still struggling in doubles. Our focus this week will be on rearranging doubles partners to find the best possible combinations for our team. Bottom line though, was our singles play. We came in and got it done in singles and it resulted in a victory. I give credit to all of the singles players today. They played real hard.

Laura Wade

If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one like a seed pod, or you could buy one that doubles as both a bookcase and a coffin. During your life, you stand it in your living room, and then after you die, the books are taken out and your body put in their place and the whole thing buried.

We're really excited that we hung in there after losing the doubles point. I saw six very determined singles players today. We gave a great effort and I think this team grew up a lot out there.

We knew they would be tough in the singles matches so we knew we needed to win at least two doubles matches to have a chance. We won three and after that we really took their confidence down and we were able to pick up two more wins in singles play.

We have new teams that have meshed well together. Our doubles have been fantastic so far. We have really become the aggressor when we take the court. This is how doubles is supposed to be played.

We were tougher today in facing the adversity, knowing that it is going to come and how you deal with it. A good example was in the two doubles match and Chris Thomas pulled a muscle in his abs. He didn't quit and kept battling and that was probably one of the biggest matches today.

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.

One of the biggest plays was Chase (Ferrell) throwing that guy out in the seventh, because the next guy doubles down the line and the game?s over. He threw a strike and that was a big play.

I was surprised at our play in doubles against Samford. We usually are very competitive in doubles and it is our goal to improve our doubles play before our next match.

I was pleased with Matt Salmon's effort -- he stepped in at 1 singles for Nick Sale, who was injured, and had a nice match, did his best. Drew Simon had a very good effort against Lafayette Jeff's strongest point, a senior. And 1 doubles were steady against a very good team.

We're set with where everyone is going to be playing this season and we're just working now on developing the chemistry between those doubles teams and working on skill levels.

He has come a long way. For him to skip No. 1 doubles and win this tournament the way he came back to win, is a huge accomplishment.

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.

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.

Ben Stein

I don't consider an actor a star if he's paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they're not role models. The real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They're getting shot at and they don't have any stunt doubles standing in for them.

We swept the doubles with some real smart play.

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.

Jason Campbell

I am hopeful that some changes at second and third doubles positions, a new varsity player at third singles and the home court advantage will give us the edge we have been looking for.

I am just at the point where I am at a loss for words. I tell them probably every year that I coach, I probably can't win every tennis match that I go out and play but I can hope they do it. We were up in every single doubles match, but we couldn't hold on to it.

Carl is a good complement to that. Both are two of the more athletic players we have on the team. They have no glaring weaknesses that you can just pick on. Neither one is afraid to hit an overhead, and neither is afraid to go after a volley. That's what makes them a good No. 2 doubles team. They don't sit back and lob. They get after you.

Business doubles and triples or more on a very unexpected basis.

Basically we are just trying to get better communication as doubles teams and definitely work on getting more consistent on our serves and be able to come in and play some volleys at the net. Our ground strokes aren't looking too bad and the rest of the game is okay. But we are missing some opportunities that are showing up on the scoreboard for us.

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.

I have absolute confidence in this doubles team. They understand the game of doubles in very high order.

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 met on the beach and I offered him a game of tennis. He refused at first but when I offered to play doubles together, he agreed. You know the rest. Meeting Yeltsin simply changed not only my life but also had a profound effect on Russian tennis.

We look at all the matches the same, it doesn't matter who we play. It all comes down to the doubles point, if we can get that, then we just need four points, which we can do.

(Hunt) has a good doubles lineup, and that's what pulled it out for them. It was, by far, our best performance of the season. Each time, we keep getting closer and closer to a win. Hopefully, next time we'll finally get it.