It’s Doubles Take time, your weekly recap of what’s happening among the best teams on the ATP and WTA tours.

It was an interesting week for best buds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova at the Volvo Car Open in Charleston, S.C., this week. In the second round of singles, “Team Bucie” faced off against each other, with Safarova winning in straight sets. Safarova lost her next-round match, but rebounded quickly to storm through the doubles draw.

In the final, the top seeds were tested by fourth seeds Katerina Siniakova and Lucie Hradecka before prevailing 6-1, 4-6, 10-7. They celebrated by showing off their now-signature dance moves.

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Afterward, the two took their trophies for a photoshoot.

Ahhh, doubles in the Davis Cup: talk about a component of the event that can take teams through the gamut of emotions.

In the Australia vs. United States quarterfinal, the Americans were down 2-0 to the hosts before the doubles match. Olympic bronze medalists Jack Sock and Steve Johnson beat Sam Groth and John Peers in five sets to keep the team’s hopes alive for a day.

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Nick Kyrgios would still clinch the win for Australia in Sunday's singles action.

In the France vs. Great Britain tie, Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut played the role of closer as their win gave the host country an insurmountable 3-0 lead. Not only that, the rubber gave us what could be one of the best hot shots of all time from Mahut:

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If you need to watch that again, please feel free. Your eyes aren’t deceiving you: Mahut actually played a shot from the stands.

Serbia’s doubles team of Nenad Zimonjic and Viktor Troicki also clinched the tie for their team against Spain, while Italy—like the U.S.—managed to stave off elimination for a day as the team of Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi won in a fifth-set tiebreak.

Nao Hibino and Alicja Rosolska lived up to their billing as the top seeds at the Abierto GNP Seguros tournament. The pair, who’d won an ITF event before, beat Dalila Jakupovic and Nadiia Kichenok for their first WTA title together.

A couple of interesting tidbits from the world of Davis Cup: Jamie Murray spoke out about some of the proposals being considered for the competition, and called out how communication was handled between the players and the International Tennis Federation.

The event is a big deal to the majority of the players who get to compete for their country. Check out this tidbit on Zimonjic:

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The men get ready to hit the dirt in earnest this week with the U.S. Clay Court Championships in Houston and the Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech. Bob and Mike Bryan are the top seeds in Houston, and right off the bat, are facing veterans Leander Paes and Andre Sa.

“Colombian Power," also known as Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, are the second seeds.

In Marrakech, top seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram will be going for their third title of the year. They’ll be challenged by the reunited team of Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez. Also, watch out for the unseeded team of Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi: That combo has played the role of dangerous floater for a few weeks now.

The women also have two tournaments this week, the Claro Colsanitas Open in Bogota, Colombia, and the Ladies Open Biel Bienne in Switzerland. This week, Siniakova teams up with Aleksandra Krunic for top-seed status in Bogota, contested on red clay.

In Biel, played on Rebound Ace, the top seeds are Xenia Knoll and Demi Schuurs. The US Open girls doubles champion back in 2011, Schuurs is carving out a solid career on tour.