By Chris Oddo | Sunday, September 7, 2014

Mike and Bob Bryan have become known for their ability to deliver in the clutch over the course of the career that has seen them obliterate most previously existing men’s doubles records, but on Sunday in New York, after their 6-3, 6-4 victory in the US Open final against Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, they choked on their trademark chest bump.

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“Yeah, it was a miscommunicated chest bump,” Mike Bryan told reporters after the milestone victory. “I went for it; Bob didn't lift off.”

Bob added: “It gets ugly sometimes.”

But Mike and Bob Bryan didn’t choke when it mattered at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday. They closed out the Spanish duo for the sixth time in eight career matches to claim their 100th career team title as well as their 16th at a major.

“It feels great to be recognized and to achieve something great in a sport you have dedicated your life to,” said Bob. “We have sacrificed everything since two, three years old; didn't feel like we were sacrificing because we were having so much fun at a young age.”

The Bryans saved the only two break points they faced on Sunday, and they broke once in each set to close out the final in 79 minutes.

“I thought it was kind of our best match of the tournament against a really tough team that posed a lot of challenges,” Mike said. “I think it helped having two days off to practice for that specific team, because they play like no other team out there.”

The Bryans have now won at least one Grand Slam title in each of the last ten years, and their total of 100 titles is 39 more than the next closest team (Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde). Their Grand Slam total of 16 is four more than the second-ranked pair of John Newcombe and Tony Roche, and they’ve got designs on more trophies.

“No exit strategy,” Mike said, when asked to ponder the future of the most decorated men’s doubles team in tennis history. “Yeah, I mean, as I said, we're not going to rest on our laurels … We have eyed Rio as kind of the day where we want to step away. But who knows? Might just be a short-term, you know, thing and we might keep going.”