BRYANS FALL SHORT IN FRENCH OPEN FINAL CAMARILLO TWINS' DAY STILL HISTORIC.Byline: Staff and Wire Services 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. set one record at Roland Garros Roland Garros may refer to:
They just couldn't quite tie another. The twins from Camarillo reached the men's doubles final at the French Open before suffering a 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5 defeat Saturday to defending champions Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi (Belarusian: Максім Мірны, Maksim Mirny; born July 6, 1977, in Minsk) is a tennis player from Belarus. . The Bryans were playing in an Open-era (1968-present) record sixth consecutive Grand Slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. final, and they had a chance to tie the record for most major titles in a row at three. ``Jonas is solid. Pretty much, Max is sometimes the `X-factor.' But he was putting a lot of returns in and not missing first serves,'' said 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. , who along with his brother went to Rio Mesa High of Oxnard. ``It made that team tough to beat today.'' The same teams faced each other in the 2005 final at Roland Garros. They also met in the U.S. Open The term U.S. Open is applied to "open" United States national championships in a particular sport, in which anybody, amateur or professional, American or non-American may compete. These include:
``It's always nice with repeats. It's been a great two weeks,'' Bjorkman said. ``We do well on all surfaces, but our strength comes out on clay better.'' It was Bjorkman's eighth Grand Slam doubles championship: the two French Opens with Mirnyi, four titles with Todd Woodbridge (Wimbledon in 2002 and 2004, the U.S. Open in 2003, and the Australian Open in 2001), and one each with Jacco Eltingh (1998 Australian Open) and Pat Rafter (1999 Australian Open). Mirnyi also won two other majors with other partners: the 2000 U.S. Open with Lleyton Hewitt, and the 2002 U.S. Open with Mahesh Bhupathi. The Bryans, though, said they never would consider switching partners. ``You're never going to see us bail out on each other,'' Bob Bryan said. ``We've had some rough weeks and ups and downs ups and downs pl.n. Alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits. ups and downs Noun, pl alternating periods of good and bad luck or high and low spirits , but bottom line is, I'm loyal to him, and we're going to play our careers out together unless one of us gets injured. ``We've hit each other with the rackets rackets Game for two or four players with ball and racket on a four-walled court. Rackets is played with a hard ball in a relatively large court (approximately 9 × 18 m), unlike the related games of squash and racquetball. , fists, shoes. It's all happened,'' he added. ``We forgive each other after about five minutes. That's what twins do.'' SEEING DOUBLE The Bryan twins became the first men's doubles team in the Open era (1968-present) to advance to the finals of six consecutive Grand Slam tournaments. Here are the twins' results in those finals (seeding in parenthesis parenthesis: see punctuation. The left parenthesis "(" and right parenthesis ")" are used to delineate one expression from another. For example, in the query list for size="34" and (color = "red" or color ="green") ): 2006 French Open -- lost to (2) Jonas Bjorkman-Max Mirnyi 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5 2006 Australian Open -- def. (7) Martin Damm-Leander Paes 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 2005 U.S. Open -- def. (1) Bjorkman- Mirnyi 6-1, 6-4 2005 Wimbledon -- lost to Stephen Huss-Wesley Moodie 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3 2005 French Open -- lost to (2) Bjorkman- Mirnyi 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 2005 Australian Open -- lost to (5) Wayne Black-Kevin Ullyett 6-4, 6-4 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color) Twins Bob, left, and Mike Bryan fail to win their third straight Grand Slam title, losing to Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi. Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images Box: SEEING DOUBLE (see text) |
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