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Bryan brothers retain Australian Open doubles title January 27, 2007 12:13 IST
Brothers Mike and Bob Bryan retained their Australian Open men's doubles title on Saturday after a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi. The 28-year-old American twins and top seeds secured their fifth Grand Slam title in 93 minutes on Rod Laver Arena, ending a losing streak of three matches against Swede Bjorkman and Mirnyi of Belarus, the second seeds. The brothers, in their fourth straight Melbourne Park final, clinched a tight opening set in 43 minutes before they broke Bjorkman in the decisive 12th game of the second, sealing victory on their sixth match point.
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