The Bryan Brothers Start Their Run For The Title

Written by: Staff on 29th August 2012

The Bryan Brothers Start Their Run For The Title

Gold medalists and champion tennis players Bob, center left, and Mike Bryan, center right, greet members of the FDNY before the Nesquik FDNY Foundation Charity Ping Pong tournament at SPiN Galactic in New York, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. The Bryan Brothers took on FDNYâs ace ping pong players to pay tribute to and support the FDNY. (Diane Bondareff/Invision for Nesquik) |

(courtesy of the US Open 2012)

One day after a series of epic upsets by American men’s doubles players, Bob and Mike Bryan begin their hunt for a fourth US Open men’s doubles crown when they take on Belgians Steve Darcis and David Goffin on Court 4. The Bryans won the title in 2005, 2008 and 2010 and reached the final in 2003, but last year they lost a first round shocker to Ivo Karlovic and Frank Moser in their earliest US Open exit since 1999.

Fresh off his victory in singles yesterday, USTA Boys’ 18s singles and doubles champion Dennis Novikov is back on the court today with his Boys’ 18s doubles partner, Michael Redlicki, going up against fellow Americans Bobby Reynolds and Michael Russell. Also playing today is the all-American veteran tandem of James Blake and Sam Querrey.

Topics: American tennis news, Belgium tennis news, Bob Bryan, David Goffin, Mike Bryan, Sports, Steve Darcis, Tennis News, US Open 2012