Olympic update: Bryan brothers win gold in Olympic men’s tennis doubles

By George Chen
Aug. 4, 2012, 7:13 p.m.

Bob and Mike Bryan ’98 captured gold in the Olympic men’s tennis doubles competition at the All-England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club in Wimbledon on Saturday.

The duo defeated the French pair of Michael Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the finals. In the first set, the Bryan brothers took a 4-3 lead that they never relinquished. They then broke a tightly contested 6-6 tiebreaker in the second set to take the match.

The win gave the No. 1-seeded Bryan brothers their first Olympic gold medals, after taking bronze in Beijing 2008 and being eliminated in the quarterfinals in Athens 2004.

The 11-time Grand Slam title winners have now won 79 major doubles crowns.

–George Chen

George Chen is a senior staff writer at The Stanford Daily who writes football, football and more football. Previously he worked at The Daily as the President and Editor in Chief, Executive Editor, Managing Editor of Sports, the football beat reporter and a sports desk editor. George also co-authored The Daily's recent book documenting the rise of Stanford football, "Rags to Roses." He is a senior from Painted Post, NY majoring in Biology. To contact him, please email at [email protected].

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