Teamwork, as they say, makes the dream work. The proof of this poetic platitude was plainly perceptible at the WTT Contender Tunis. For the first example, we need look no further than the women's doubles, where Rachel Moret of Switzerland abandoned her nation's traditional neutrality to join forces with Daria Trigolos of Belarus. Their alliance proved fruitful, conquering the top half of the draw to reach the final. There, they met the Swedish duo of Linda Bergström and Christina Källberg (pictured). As you may have deduced from the photo, the umlaut-heavy Scandinavian tandem claimed the Tunisian title. In a close encounter of the preferred kind, Bergström and Källberg eked out the deciding fifth game, 11-9. "It was unexpected, and it was an amazing feeling since this is our second tournament since August when we started playing together in doubles," said Bergström. "We were a bit nervous in the first game, but we started dictating the game from the second set to be able to win. This title means a lot to us, being our first title, and it is motivation to us to continue to play together to win more titles." Meanwhile, over in the men's doubles, the title match could be dubbed the French and Indian War. Representing France, Emmanuel Lebesson looked to claim his second doubles title in as many days. After bagging the mixed doubles title Friday with his countrywoman Jia Nan Yuan, Lebesson today teamed with Alexandre Cassin to reach the ultimate stage. Standing in the way of Lebesson's double-double were Sathiyan Gnanansekaran and Harmeet Desai of India. While Gnanansekaran had reached the quarters of the men's singles and semis of the mixed doubles with Manika Batra, his third time proved most charming. Gnanansekaran and Desai overpowered Lebesson and Cassin, 3-1, for the trophy touting terrific teamwork. "Mixed doubles was very close, but we made a comeback in men's doubles," reported Gnanansekaran. "I am also playing with Harmeet after a very long time, and we directly won the WTT title. It is very big for us and a lot of confidence now." With teamwork triumphant in Tunis, rest assured the dream is alive and well.

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