Mike and Bob Bryan Rally For 3rd Round Win

Written by: Resendiz on 3rd September 2012

Mike and Bob Bryan Rally For 3rd Round Win

epa03072317 Mike Bryan (R) and Bob Bryan of USA in action during their men's doubles third round match against Ross Hutchins and Colin Fleming of Britain at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 22 January 2012. EPA/MAST IRHAM |

Three-time former US Open champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were two points from defeat, but a clutch ‘tweener from Mike inspired the Americans to a 6-7(6), 7-6(5), 6-3 victory over Santiago Gonzalez and Scott Lipsky on Monday in New York.

The ‘tweener and subsequent forehand winner saw the Bryans go up 6-5 in the second-set tie-break and a lob winner from Bob Bryan on the next point levelled the match for the Americans. They capitalised on their momentum to go up a break in the fourth game of the final set and went onto claim victory in just under two hours.

The 34-year-old Bryans came into Flushing Meadows in a rich vein of form, winning gold at the London 2012 Olympics (d. Llodra/Tsonga) before winning the title at the Rogers Cup in Toronto (d. Granollers/Lopez). They are bidding for their first Grand Slam title of the season, having finished runners-up at the Australian Open (l. to Paes/Stepanek) and Roland Garros (l. to Mirnyi/Nestor).

No. 15 seeds Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares rallied from a set down to defeat Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(3) in two hours and 23 minutes. The Austrian/Brazilian pairing are playing together for the third time after making their debut with a runner-up showing at the SkiStar Swedish Open in Bastad (l. to Lindstedt/Tecau) earlier in the summer.

Topics: American tennis news, Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan, Santiago Gonzalez, Scott Lipsky, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News, US Open 2012