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ROME -- Canadian Daniel Nestor and Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic claimed a second consecutive clay-court title Sunday as they won the Italian Open 6-4, 7-6 (2) over Dutchman Robin Haase and Spains Feliciano Lopez. The victorious sixth seeds backed up their Madrid trophy of last weekend with Masters 1000 success at the Foro Italico, claiming the title in 84 minutes with eight aces and three breaks of serve. The pair have now won 27 trophies as a team. They lifted their first of 2014 in January in Sydney and added Madrid and Rome to head into the French Open starting next weekend as favourites. "Were playing mentally tough right now," said Nestor. "Weve faced a lot of good opponents but weve found a way to win with all the ups and downs. "On clay there are a lot of momentum chances. Weve been doing a good job of playing relaxed on clay, a lot of momentum chances, doing a good job of playing relaxed and staying with our game plan. Wev been playing well these last few weeks and we are confident going to Paris." Torontos Nestor has won four Roland Garros titles since 2007, the last one two years ago with former partner Max Mirnyi of Belarus. "Its always nice to go back to back, especially the way weve been winning." said Nestor. "Weve shown a lot of resilience. We are dealing well with any situation on court, thats a feeling going into a grand slam. We hope to keep this up in Paris, but nothing is easy. If we stay mentally strong, we give ourselves a chance to win (in Paris). "Well continue training, we have to adjust to longer matches. Well keep building and try to be as ready as possible for Roland Garros." Nestor, 41, now owns 85 doubles titles from 140 finals and remains in third place in the post-1968 Open era doubles title leaderboard behind Mike Bryan (100) and Bob Bryan (98). Nestor and Zimonjic came back quickly after Nestor was broken in the third game of the match, recovering the break for 3-3. 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LUCIE, Fla.CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Carolina Panthers need to get their offence moving before its too late to make another playoff run this season.In a game to determine the NFC South lead, the Panthers sputtered to 231 yards and didnt build any momentum when their defence was opportunistic early.The struggles sent them to a 28-10 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Thursday night, their second straight game with 10 or fewer points.Weve just got to make plays at the end of the day, said receiver Jerricho Cotchery, who couldnt hold onto a catchable ball in the opening quarter while taking a hit inside the Saints 10. Thats what its about, and we didnt do enough of that tonight.Actually, the Panthers havent done that nearly enough for three straight games.Since a 37-37 tie at Cincinnati in Week 6, the Panthers fell behind 28-3 at the half of a 38-17 loss at Green Bay, settled for two short field goals early in last weeks 13-9 home loss to Seattle, then fell behind 14-0 by halftime against the Saints.Everybodys looking for a magic play, said Cam Newton, who misfired on 18 of 28 passes and threw for 151 yards. Everybodys looking for somebody to say something, for somebody to do something and take responsibility for themselves. I know I am. I need to be better.For the Saints, the performance proved they know how to win big games on the road.Drew Brees overcame a shaky start and threw for one touchdown and ran for another as the Saints (4-4) piled up 375 yards to snap a seven-game losing streak on the road that dated back to last November.Brees finished 24 of 34 for 297 yards and Mark Ingram turned in another solid performance with 100 yards rushing and two touchdowns.Brees threw an interception and fumbled in the first quarter before settling down late in the second.The Saints defence sacked Newton four times and forced two turnovers.Newton spent much of the night under heavy duress playing behind an offensive line without three of its regular starters.Neww Orleans pushed inside the Carolina 15-yard line on the game-opening drive before Brees pass for Kenny Stills was deflected to Panthers defensive lineman Dwan Edwards for the interception.dddddddddddd.Then, after the Saints forced a punt, Brees quickly pushed the Saints to midfield only to have Carolinas Charles Johnson push fullback Erik Lorig into him and knock the ball loose as he looked downfield for a fumble.However, Newton and the Panthers couldnt take advantage and were forced to punt after both turnovers.Its hard when you dont take advantage of those opportunities, Panthers coach Ron Rivera said.The Saints didnt have the same problem.With the Panthers pinned back in their own end, Junior Galette sacked Newton from behind and stripped the ball, allowing linebacker Curtis Lofton to recover at the Carolina 3. Ingram took advantage two plays later with a 3-yard run to give the Saints a 7-0 lead.Then, after forcing a three-and-out, Brees directed an 85-yard drive that ended when he slipped a 1-yard pass just past Melvin White to Jimmy Graham on the right side with 3 seconds left in the half and the Saints were off and running while the Panthers (3-5-1) headed to the locker room serenaded by a chorus of boos.One of the few highlights for the Panthers came from Newton.He turned in one of the most athletic plays of the season when he scrambled out of the pocket, raced around the left end and took off from the 5-yard line and soared toward the goal line with the ball outstretched in his right hand for a touchdown, cutting the Saints lead to 14-7.But Brees stopped any Carolina momentum when he led a 14-play drive that took more than six minutes and ended with his fourth-down TD keeper.Ingram, who carried 30 times, added his second scoring run to seal the game in the fourth quarter.Graham had seven catches for 83 yards and a touchdown against the Panthers.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '