Saturday, January 29, 2011

Bryan brothers win fifth Aussie doubles title

MELBOURNE, Australia - American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won their fifth Australian Open doubles title and 10th Grand Slam championship, beating Indian legends Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday.

The Bryans have held the No. 1 ranking in doubles for the past eight years. They have also won the U.S Open three times and the French Open and Wimbledon once each.

The Bryan brothers, who won the Australian title in 2006, '07, '09 and last year, and have also been runners-up twice, didn't lose their serve and broke the Indian team twice. They celebrated the win with their familiar chest bump.


The twins already hold the record for the most tournament titles of any men's pairing in the Open Era, which they stretched to 68, seven better than retired Australians Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge.

Bryan brothers win fifth Aussie doubles title

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