Mike Bryan
Mike Bryan
Michael Carl "Mike" Bryanis an American professional tennis player. The right-hander turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been world No. 1 doubles player for much of the last several years, first achieving the top ranking in September 2003. The brothers became the second men's doubles team to complete the career golden slam, through winning the 2012 Summer Olympics. He currently holds the records for the most ATP men's doubles titlesand finals appearances, and is tied...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth29 April 1978
CityCamarillo, CA
We could have been off that court in 11/2 hours, ... Well, next time.
I thought we were fairly sharp. We haven't been practicing too much this week because we've been resting...This bodes well for Indian Wells.
The only thing left that we could fight was the new scoring system. We're going to give it a shot for a year. If it's not working, we're going to go back to the old system.
James has been playing unbelievable in practice. The movement is key to him and he's feeling more confident, but he hasn't played much on grass and it's to be determined. Andy has a lot more confidence because he's won a lot of matches on grass.
The players have a lot of confidence in him. We just agreed, 'Let's try something new.' We'll repackage doubles.
We're truly part of the tour now, not just second-class citizens.
We like playing those guys. When the singles field is so tough they're usually playing so many matches, then they have to come out and play doubles, it's tough for them. Sometimes they end up just pulling out of the doubles.
We were heading to a cruising altitude of 40,000 feet, so we were lucky the pilot caught the problem early on.
We got off to a slow start, broken right away.
We were a little bitter. They took a medal from us. They're a tough team. I consider this one of our toughest Davis Cup matches.
If we hold ... and it goes to a tiebreaker, anything could happen.
There's no more (doubles) qualifying -- once we retire, the doubles (only) players will be pretty much gone. They can't break through in the smaller tournaments like we did.
The Tour just doesn't seem to give (doubles) enough respect because tournament directors are trying to save money. But we're just going to keep fighting.
Andy's got an unbelievable record on grass so he wants it on grass. I think he knows he can blow those guys off the court (on grass).