Experience and style prevailed over power and youth on Saturday in the Miami Open presented by Itau doubles final. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, playing in their 172nd doubles title match as a team, beat Russians Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-4. “I'm really proud of the way we're playing, how we've turned it around from a fairly rough last year,” Bob Bryan said. “We're building every week. I feel like we're gaining momentum, and I'm very optimistic going into the clay-court season. And I think we're playing with a lot of joy now, and it's showing in our results.” The 39-year-old Bryan twins captured their fifth Miami title, their 37th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown and...
Watch highlights as Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan capture their 37th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 doubles title as a team on Saturday at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Mike Lawrence/Miami Open presented by Itau.
Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev booked their place in the doubles final at the Miami Open presented by Itau, taking only 44 minutes to dismiss Americans Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey, 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday. Johnson and Querrey had marched into the semi-finals at the season’s second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament without dropping a set. The Russians competed at the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals last November, alongside the top eight 21-and-under singles players, and have continued to grow in confidence. In singles, the 20-year-old Rublev opened his season with a runner-up finish in Doha (d. Monfils), while the 21-year-old Khachanov claimed the Marseille title last month (d. Pouille). Watch Full Match Replays In Miami, they teamed up...
Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey still have yet to drop a set at the Miami Open presented by Itau. The American pairing advanced to the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on Wednesday after another straight-set win 6-3, 6-2 against eighth-seeded Colombians Juan Sebastian/Robert Farah. [ALSO LIKE] Johnson/Querrey won all four break points to move on after 60 minutes. The California natives have reached three ATP World Tour doubles finals, with their lone team title coming on clay at 2017 Geneva. Watch Full Match Replays They'll face another pair of countrymen in the semi-finals after Russians Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev beat third seeds Oliver Marach of Austria and Croatian Mate Pavic 6-4, 7-6(3). On the bottom...
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan powered into the Miami Open quarter-finals Monday with an emphatic 6-2, 6-1 win over Argentines Leonardo Mayer and Diego Schwartzman. Continuing the form that took them to the BNP Paribas Open final earlier this month, the Bryans will next meet Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus, who defeated Americans Donald Young and John Isner 7-5, 6-3. The Bryans have won a record 114 team titles, but have not tasted success since winning Atlanta last July. In the only other doubles match Monday on Key Biscayne, Ben McLachlan and Jan-Lennard Struff upset fifth seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 6-7(5), 6-4, 10-7. McLachlan and Struff are teaming for the first time since their unexpected run to the...
