Doubles
Bryans Complete Basel Semi-final Line-up
by ATP Staff
|06.11.2009
Second seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan edged closer to a fourth final at the Swiss Indoors Basel after edging Johan Brunstrom and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6(3), 7-6(5) Friday in the quarter-finals of the ATP World Tour 500 tennis tournament.
The victory takes Mike Bryan to within one victory of his 600th tour-level match win; he currently stands on a 599-208 mark. The twins are bidding to capture the Basel title for the fourth time, after triumphing in 2002 (d. Knowles-Nestor), ’04 (d. Arnold Ker-Hood) and ’07 (d. Blake-Knowles).
The 31-year-old Americans, who will feature at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals later this month, have won six tour-level titles from 10 finals this season, including victory at the Australian Open (d. Bhupathi-Knowles).
They next will face Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa.
At the Valencia Open 500, also an ATP World Tour 500 tennis tournament, Americans Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram advanced to the semi-finals with a hard-fought 2-6, 7-6(4), 10-7 victory over Spaniards Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Albert Montanes.
Butorac and Ram have won two ATP World Tour titles together this season, triumphing at the Aircel Chennai Open (d. Scherrer-Wawrinka) and the PTT Thailand Open (d. Garcia-Lopez-Zverev) in Bangkok.
Search News
Advertisement
More Photos
- Delray Beach International Tennis Championships - Delray Beach, U.S.A.
- Delray Beach International Tennis Championships - Delray Beach, U.S.A.
- Abierto Mexicano Telcel - Acapulco, Mexico
- Abierto Mexicano Telcel - Acapulco, Mexico
- Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai
- Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai
- Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai
- Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai
- Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai
- Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai
- ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Brasil Open - Costa do Sauipe, Brazil
- Brasil Open - Costa do Sauipe, Brazil
- Movistar Open - Santiago, Chile
- Movistar Open - Santiago, Chile
- Movistar Open - Santiago, Chile
- Australian Open, Melbourne
- Australian Open, Melbourne
- Australian Open, Melbourne
- Australian Open, Melbourne
- Australian Open, Melbourne
- Australian Open, Melbourne
- Australian Open, Melbourne
- Australian Open, Melbourne
- Australian Open, Melbourne
- Australian Open, Melbourne
- Medibank International Sydney, Sydney
- Medibank International Sydney, Sydney
- Heineken Open, Auckland
- Heineken Open, Auckland
- Heineken Open, Auckland
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London
Related News
Head To Head
Enter the last names of two players and select from the list to see how they compare.
Upcoming Tournaments
-
11.03
Indian Wells Watch LiveGet Tickets -
24.03
Miami Watch LiveGet Tickets -
05.04
Casablanca Get Tickets -
05.04
Houston Get Tickets -
11.04
Monte-Carlo Watch LiveGet Tickets -
19.04
Barcelona Watch LiveGet Tickets
ATP World Tour 250
ATP World Tour 500
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1500
Grand Slam 2000*
Davis Cup 625
