Bob and Mike Bryan beat the Indo-Pak Express, Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Hag Qureshi, 7-6, 7-6, to capture the 2010 U.S. Open doubles crown Friday. The chest-bumping Bryans, who have to be the most goofily demonstrative tennis players of all time, now have 65 titles together. (Earlier this summer, they broke the career record for doubles titles set by Aussies Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.)
2010 U.S. Open Update: Bryan Brothers Bash Their Way To Doubles Crown
The Bryan Bros., now eight-time Grand Slam champions, are about as close as you’d expect. L. Jon Wertheim profiled them for Sports Illustrated this spring.
Handsome, smart and personable as they are, the Bryans naturally have long track records of dating. Nevertheless, at a time when their friends, such as Fish and Andy Roddick, are “falling one by one” (the Bryans’ words), Mike and Bob are unmarried. For many of their girlfriends, the “twin thing” has been insurmountable. As one former girlfriend put it, “It’s hard to be in a relationship with someone when, no matter what happens, you know that you’re not going to be the most important person in his life.”
Chastened by history, the Bryans began putting their cards on the table at the beginning of relationships, giving new girlfriends a “here’s the deal” talk. Bob’s went something like this: “The travel can beat up this relationship. There will be times we’ll see each other only on Skype. And there’s the whole twin deal. I doubt it’s like anything you’ve experienced, and it can be pretty intense. Just want you to know what you’re getting into.”
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