Bob Bryan (USA) [1] strikes the ball as Mike Bryan (USA) [1] stands at the ready in a men's doubles semifinals match against Leander Paes (IND) [4] and Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) [4] on Day 10 of the 2009 US Open.
The last three times Mike and Bob Bryan squared off against Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy, the Bryans lived on the edge, and prevailed in tight matches, including last year’s US Open final, where they took the Indian-Czeck Republic team out in two tight tiebreakers, the last breaker going to 12-10 and enabling the Bryan to celebrate their second US Open title.
Today, however, that narrow difference between the two teams fell the other way. The two celebrated tandems played each other dead even, all the way to 6-6 in the third-set tiebreaker. But on Paes-Dlouhy’s sixth match point of the match, Dlouhy managed to get a lob over Bob Bryan’s head and allow his team to take over the net, setting up Paes for a winning volley and a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6) win.
Today, however, that narrow difference between the two teams fell the other way. The two celebrated tandems played each other dead even, all the way to 6-6 in the third-set tiebreaker. But on Paes-Dlouhy’s sixth match point of the match, Dlouhy managed to get a lob over Bob Bryan’s head and allow his team to take over the net, setting up Paes for a winning volley and a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6) win.
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