By Chris Oddo | Saturday March 31, 2018
Mike and Bob Bryan claimed their 115th title as a team, defeating Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev in a match tiebreak.
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39 and feeling fine.
Mike and Bob Bryan claimed their 115th team title and 37th Masters 1000 crown on Saturday by defeating Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov, 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-4 in the Miami Open final.
The Americans rallied from a set down but ran into trouble in the second set when the squandered a break lead and had to do it in a tiebreaker.
But the American weathered the storm and played more consistent down the stretch to claim a lopsided match tiebreak to finish the victory in one hour and 32 minutes.
Rublev and Khachanov were playing their first ever final as a team. They had high praise for the Bryans after the final. “I grew up when they were winning everything and they're still winning everything,” Rublev said. “It's amazing. It's a big honour and a pleasure to play with the best doubles players in history and to have a great fight and I think people really enjoyed the match. They're the best and that's it.”