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Bryan brothers seal number one ranking with doubles win
Americans Bob and Mike Bryan beat Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram 7-6, 6-3 on Sunday to win the doubles title at the ATP World Tour Finals and regain the end-of-season number one ranking.
New York: Americans Bob and Mike Bryan beat Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram 7-6, 6-3 on Sunday to win the doubles title at the ATP World Tour Finals and regain the end-of-season number one ranking.
The US duo were pushed all the way in the first set by the Belarus-Israeli pairing, taking it on a tie-break, before sealing the win with a solitary break in the second.
Victory took the Bryan brothers ahead of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in the doubles standings. "It means so much," Bob Bryan said at a news conference. "It`s pretty much what we play for now... The ultimate goal is to finish number one." Bureau Report
The US duo were pushed all the way in the first set by the Belarus-Israeli pairing, taking it on a tie-break, before sealing the win with a solitary break in the second.
Victory took the Bryan brothers ahead of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in the doubles standings. "It means so much," Bob Bryan said at a news conference. "It`s pretty much what we play for now... The ultimate goal is to finish number one." Bureau Report