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Bryan brothers win first gold medal

America's Bob and Mike Bryan won their first Olympic gold medal with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) victory over French second seeds Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michael Llodra in the men's doubles final at Wimbledon on Saturday.

Updated on: Aug 05, 2012 12:54 AM IST
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America's Bob and Mike Bryan won their first Olympic gold medal with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) victory over French second seeds Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michael Llodra in the men's doubles final at Wimbledon on Saturday.

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The Bryan brothers had taken the bronze medal in the men's doubles in Beijing four years ago.

They are the world's top ranked men's doubles pair, a position they have held for 297 weeks, and together they have won a record 78 doubles titles including 11 Grand Slams.

They also have an 18-2 record playing for America in the Davis Cup but, after losing in the semi-finals in Beijing and the quarter-finals in Athens in 2004, an Olympics gold was the missing prize.

Now the American duo have the doubles Golden Slam -- all four major doubles titles and Olympic doubles gold -- and they celebrated in style with an on-court dance routine.

The Bryans broke in the first game of the match and that was all they needed to take the first set.

 
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