By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Picture credit score: Andrew Patron/Delray Seaside Open
The Bryan brothers will lead legends again to Delray Seaside.
Twins Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan headline the Delray Seaside legends set for February 7-Ninth. The senior occasion kicks off the Delray Seaside Open, the ATP match which runs by February sixteenth.
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Bob and Mike Bryan, who will likely be inducted into the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame subsequent 12 months, and Grand Slam champions Luke and Murphy Jensen will likely be joined by Delray Seaside Open singles champions Sam Querrey, Jack Sock, Xavier Malisse and Tommy Haas within the three-day Legends competitors.
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The Bryan brothers are the winningest doubles workforce within the sport’s historical past. Collectively they received 119 titles, together with 16 Grand Slams and 6 DBO championships. They completed because the year-end No. 1 doubles workforce 10 instances and received Olympic gold collectively in 2012. They are going to play within the DBO Legends occasion for the fifth time.
The Jensens introduced the enjoyable to doubles after they stormed to the 1993 French Open title and have entertained followers ever since. Throughout their profession they performed in Delray Seaside 9 instances, reaching the doubles ultimate in 1997. Since retiring, every has labored in broadcasting and training. “Twin Hand Luke” Jensen can play with both hand, even serving ambidextrously. This will likely be their fourth 12 months taking part in collectively within the Delray Legends occasion.
Sock retired from the professional tour in 2023, having received the DBO singles title in 2017, the doubles title in 2013 and 2018, and reached a career-high rating of world No. 8. He received 4 Grand Slam doubles and blended doubles titles and Olympic gold and bronze. Sock has received singles and doubles titles in any respect top-level occasions held in Delray Seaside, from the USTA Nationwide 12s and 18s to the ATP Tour occasion. All that’s left for him to beat right here is the Legends occasion, the place he’s making his debut.
Querrey will play in his third Delray Seaside Open Legends occasion after retiring from the ATP Tour in 2022. He received the DBO title in 2016 and performed the occasion 12 instances. Querrey reached a career-high rating of No. 11, received 10 titles and reached the semifinals at 2017 Wimbledon. Sock and Querrey make up half of the workforce on the podcast Nothing Main. Each are actually pickleball professionals, and Querrey has developed an Instagram following for his light-hearted movies about tennis, pickleball and household life.
Haas received the DBO title in 2006 and reached No. 2 on this planet, received 15 complete singles titles and Olympic silver. He’s making his sixth appearances within the Legends occasion, which he has received twice. A 3-time semifinalist on the Australian Open, he additionally reached one Wimbledon semifinal. Over the course of his profession, Haas defeated Agassi, Djokovic, Federer and Sampras a minimum of thrice every. He’s now the match director of the ATP 1000 Masters occasion in Indian Wells, Calif.
