PARIS: American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won a record-extending 14th grand slam doubles title at Roland Garros on Saturday.
The Bryans broke French hearts by beating Nicolas Mahut and Michael Llodra 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(4) in an entertaining final.
When the 35-year-old identical twins captured the Australian Open title this year, they broke the record of 12 grand slams they had shared with John Newcombe and Tony Roche.
The brothers endured a long delay before adding to their 2003 success.
“It’s great winning slams with your brother. Just we really wanted to win another French. It’s been 10 years. This is the first one we won back in the day and kind of launched our career,” said Mike, who is now half way towards completing a calendar grand slam.
On Sunday, Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina claimed their maiden grand slam title together by beating Italian top seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 7-5, 6-2 in the French Open women’s doubles final.
The fourth-seed Russian pair, beaten by Errani and Vinci in the Australian Open semis this year, clinched four games in succession in the second set, wrapping it up with an overhead. (Reuters)
