CNN) -- Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were billed as a tennis "Dream Team" but they ended up suffering a nightmare.
The top two players in the world rankings, forming a doubles pair for the first time, slumped to defeat in the first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
Nadal, the Spanish world number one, and Djokovic, the number two from Serbia, were beaten 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 by Canadian wildcards Vasek Pospisil and Milos Raonic.
It was the first time in 34 years that the top two players in the men's world rankings have joined forces in doubles.
In 1976, American duo Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe reached a quarterfinal and a final in their two outings together.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/tennis/08/10/tennis.nadal.djokovic.doubles/Hooray! Tennis' two biggest assholes lose in the same macth...it doesn't get any better than this!
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