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Moodie Claims Malaysia Doubles Crown
 Wesley
Moodie and Stephen Huss marked their
doubles reunion in the best possible
fashion by winning the Challenger
title in Kuala Lumpur in their first
tournament together in over a year.
Moodie and Huss, who shot to fame in
2005 when they captured the
Wimbledon doubles title as
qualifiers, defeated Rohan Bopanna
and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi 7-6(10),
6-3 in the final in Malaysia.
“I was happy with the win,” said
Moodie, who jumped eight places to
No. 53 in the ATP doubles rankings.
“I had played pretty well throughout
the tournament so it was nice to end
off with a win. It was an extremely
tight first set tie-break and we
were probably lucky to win it. Then
we played a good return game to
break in the second set.”
The doubles title capped a good week
for Monte-Carlo Academy star Moodie,
who also reached the semifinals in
the singles. The 28-year-old South
African recorded straight sets wins
over Bopanna and Qureshi in the
opening two rounds and followed with
a 6-4, 7-5 victory against
countryman Rik de Voest in the
quarterfinals before going down
against former Top 10 Rainer
Schuettler.
“Schuettler played very well,” added
Moodie. “It was physically very
tough to play in those conditions.
He said he had had a few long
matches early in the tournament
which he thought had helped him
adjust. I didn’t play great but it
was largely due to the conditions.”
Moodie, who moved up 34 places to
No. 170 in the singles rankings, now
travels to India to compete in the
OCR ATP Challenger. Seeded No. 7,
Moodie faces Indian Karan Rostogie
in the singles draw and teams up
with de Voest as the top seeds in
the doubles.
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