Bryans Win Wimbledon, Complete Career Slam
Posted on July 9, 2006Bob and Mike Bryan completed the "career Slam" Saturday, in the Wimbledon final defeating Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to capture the only Slam that had eluded them.
"We saved the biggest one for last," Mike Bryan said. "This is the one we've dreamed about our whole lives. We've been thinking about this career Slam since we won the US Open and the Australian back-to-back. This was the last one to get...If someone would have said when we started out that you're gonna have all four Grand Slam titles by the time your career is over, I would have said you're a pathological liar. It's so hard to win one. To have all four, it's pretty cool. Especially to share it with your twin brother."
It was the third title of the year for the American brothers, one behind the teams of Jonas Bjorkman/Max Mirnyi, Paul Hanley/Kevin Ullyett, and Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor who have four titles in 2006.
The brothers have one final dream to catch, with father Wayne Bryan saying the twin's two major goals have been winning all four Slams and winning the Davis Cup for the U.S.
"We saved the biggest one for last," Mike Bryan said. "This is the one we've dreamed about our whole lives. We've been thinking about this career Slam since we won the US Open and the Australian back-to-back. This was the last one to get...If someone would have said when we started out that you're gonna have all four Grand Slam titles by the time your career is over, I would have said you're a pathological liar. It's so hard to win one. To have all four, it's pretty cool. Especially to share it with your twin brother."
It was the third title of the year for the American brothers, one behind the teams of Jonas Bjorkman/Max Mirnyi, Paul Hanley/Kevin Ullyett, and Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor who have four titles in 2006.
The brothers have one final dream to catch, with father Wayne Bryan saying the twin's two major goals have been winning all four Slams and winning the Davis Cup for the U.S.