BROTHERS BRYAN WIN MATCHES.Byline: Daily News Former Camarillo High tennis twins and current Stanford stars Bob and Mike Bryan Twin brothers Robert Charles Bryan (Bob) and Michael Carl Bryan (Mike) are American professional tennis players. Between 2005 and 2006, they reached an Open Era record of seven consecutive Grand Slam finals. survived the first day of the rain-delayed National Collegiate Tennis Classic at Sherwood Country Club on Saturday, advancing into today's quarterfinals. Bob Bryan
Robert ("Bob") Charles Bryan (born on April 29, 1978 in Camarillo, California) is an American male professional tennis player. Bob stands 6'4" tall, weighs 202 lbs, and plays left handed. , top-seeded in men's singles, drew a first-round bye and then needed three sets to outlast out·last tr.v. out·last·ed, out·last·ing, out·lasts To last longer than. outlast Verb to last longer than Verb 1. Pepperdine's Michael Jessup 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 in the round of 16. Third-seeded Mike Bryan
Michael ("Mike") Carl Bryan (born April 29, 1978 in Camarillo, California) is an American male professional tennis player. Mike stands 6'3" tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. also drew one of the eight first-round byes in the 24-man field before advancing with a 6-4, 6-4 win over UCLA's Alex Decret. Matt Breen of UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , Kyle Spencer of USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , Ryan Wolters and Aaron Goldstein of Stanford, Daniel Merkert of Boise State and Robert Lindstedt of Pepperdine also advanced to the quarterfinals, where Bob Bryan draws Breen and Mike Bryan will face Merkert. Second-seeded Vincent Allegre of UCLA and seventh-seeded Paul Martin of Texas lost Saturday. The Bryan twins also drew a bye as the top-seeded entry in the 12-team men's doubles tournament and will face the Texas' Jack Brasington and Akran Zaman in the quarterfinals. Stanford coach Dick Gould said Mike Bryan can have a tremendous 1998 season if he stays healthy. Mike was plagued by injury last year, suffering tendinitis of the knee, then the wrist. In women's singles play, top-seeded Teryn Ashley of Stanford reached the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Arizona State's Kary Propstra after drawing a first-round bye. The tournament was scheduled to start Friday but was postponed because of rain. |
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