Americans Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan moved one win closer to their fifth title at the LA Tennis Open as they dismissed the Brazilian combo of Andre Sa and Marcelo Melo, 6-2, 6-4. In the quarters they defeated Russians Igor Kunitsyn and Marat Safin 6-3, 6-2, while setting aside Carsten Ball and Kaes Van't Hof in the first round, 7-5, 6-2.

The Bros. will play Benjamin Becker and Frank Moser of Germany in the doubles final today at the LA Tennis Center at UCLA. The match starts at 12:00 noon and will be televised later in the day on Tennis Channel.

The 31-year-old twins improved to a 23-6 event record, and have now won 11 straight matches in Los Angeles without the loss of a set. They successfully defended the hard-court title on their last event appearance in 2007, adding to their previous triumphs in 2001, '04 and '06. They missed last year’s tournament after traveling to Beijing to represent the U.S. in the 2008 Olympic Games, where they went on to clinch the bronze medal. Excerpted from the ATP WEB Site.

Fast Facts:

*** The Doubles Final is Sunday at noon at the LA Tennis Center at UCLA. It will be televised at 5:00 West Coast Time and 8:00 PM East Coast Time on Tennis Channel in High Def.

*** The Bros. want to extend their most heartfelt thanks to Bob Kramer and his staff and volunteers for all their hard work and warm hospitality in hosting the LA Open. Mike and Bob consider it their home tournament and they so greatly appreciate the support of their family, friends and fans who have rooted them on all week.

*** The twins will be competing in the 90th doubles final of their career today and their 8th of the 2009 campaign.

*** The Bryans have won 53 doubles titles in their career and have captured 4 doubles championships this season, having won Sydney, the Australian Open, Delray Beach, and Houston. They have been finalists at Monte Carlo, Rome, and Wimbledon.

*** Mike 'n Bob have a 46-11 match record this year.

*** They are dedicating their match today to their Grandmom, Alice Bryan, who celebrated her 87th birthday on Friday, and to their Granddad, Carl, whose birthday comes up in a couple of days. They are also dedicating this final to their friend Alex Smith in Houston who came to Birmingham and Wimbledon to root on the guys.

*** Mike and Bob have been working hard on their new album, Let It Rip. Their other band member is David Baron from San Francisco and they have been recording all week with producer Ralph Churchwell in Hollywood. They hope to finish next week and have it ready for release at the US Open.

*** The brothers were happy to have won their 16th Davis Cup match in Croatia a few weeks ago and they enjoyed playing four matches for the Kansas City Explorers during the World Team Tennis season. They won all four of their Men's Doubles Matches and did a gala Bryan Bros. Band performance in Sacramento, while defeating their Dad's Caps team. Thanks to Jeff Lanius and Lonnie Nielson for having them play for KC and against Sac Town.

*** The Bros. Dad, Coach Wayne Bryan, has emceed and done clinics at the LA Open this week and will do the same at the Legg Mason in Washington DC next week. Mike and Bob regret missing that tournament this year and have played their for most of the past ten years. They have played 14 straight weeks of tennis - - - Houston in April through the clay court season in Europe and the grass court season in Wimbledon, then on to Croatia for Davis Cup and then World Team Tennis - - - and they really need a week off before playing Toronto, Cincy, and the US Open. They send their best wishes for a great tournament to Tournament Director Jeff Newman and to Tournament Founder Donald Dell. They also extend their congratulations to Donald on his induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport three weeks ago.

"The last one always feels the freshest. It feels good," said the Bryans. "I don’t think we ever lost a final here so this is definitely our most successful tournament. We have some great memories. It’s special because we get to share all our memories with our friends and family and even though it’s not a Grand Slam we really get up for it and want to win. It’s going to feel good coming back next year and seeing another year up on the board."

The nearby Camarillo natives extended their winning streak at their hometown tournament to 12 straight matches – all without dropping a set – since a loss in the 2005 semi-finals. They improved to a 24-6 lifetime record in Los Angeles, including a 24-2 mark since winning their first of four titles in 2001. They followed with wins in 2004, ’06 and ’07, but missed last year’s tournament due to the Olympics.

The No. 1 duo in the ATP Doubles Rankings snapped their longest title drought in more than six years as they claimed their first ATP World Tour title since April in Houston. Coming into Los Angeles, they had played in eight tournaments without a title – the most since an 11-tournament title-less stretch from 2002 (last tournament) through 2003 (first 10).

"We came home from Europe without a title and I don’t know how many times we have done that," they said. "We lost in a few tough finals so it’s not like we played bad tennis. We played some of our best tennis at Wimbledon leading up to the final. We played great at Davis Cup. We went to focus on the big ones – Davis Cup, French Open and Wimbledon. We’re happy to come here and clean the slate and get number 54 and start off a good summer."

The Bryans, who improved to a circuit-best 47-11 season match record, had been successful in their first four final appearances of the season – titling at Sydney, the Australian Open, Delray Beach and Houston – but had finished runner-up in their past three finals at Monte-Carlo, Rome and Wimbledon.

The 31-year-old twins were appearing in their 90th ATP World Tour level final (54-36), and now stand three titles back of joining Fleming-McEnroe and Hewitt-McMillan at No. 2 on the Open Era team titles list. Woodbridge-Woodforde top the list with 61 titles.

The Bryans regret that they will have to pull out of Washington DC due to Mike's sore knees and hips - - - a hold over from the 14 week long clay court and grass court season. After a good rest this week, they should be ready to go in Montreal and Cincy and then the US Open. They hope to also get two weeks rest in September.

"We want to give a special thanks to Bob Kramer and his great staff and volunteers for hosting this wonderful event once again. He gave us Wild Cards here when we were starting our careers," said Bob.

"And we also appreciate so many of our family, friends and fans coming out to root us on. The atmosphere here in Southern California is just tremendous," added Mike, "and it was especially great to have our matches this week on the Tennis Channel."

Excerpts from the ATP Web Site.

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan will attempt to conquer the music world when the American twins release their debut album Let It Rip, with close friend and accomplished singer/songwriter David Baron on 1 September 2009.

The Bryan Brothers Band Featuring David Baron will perform three new songs from their debut album on the Festival Stage on Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day on 29 August at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the venue of the US Open, in Flushing, New York.  The following day, the band will play a special set at The Mercury Lounge in New York City.

“Music has always been a big part of our lives.  We’ve spent countless hours jamming in hotel rooms all over the world and it’s been our dream to do a real record. We’ve had a blast making this album and we hope to share our passion for music with our fans,” said Bob Bryan.

The album, Let It Rip, will contain five songs that feature Bob Bryan playing the bass and keyboards, Mike Bryan on the drums, and David Baron as the lead vocalist also playing piano and guitar.  

In 2009, The Bryan Brothers Band Featuring David Baron has already performed at the SAP Open in San Jose, the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, the US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston and at Wimbledon.

The Bryan twins have won 54 ATP World Tour doubles titles (54-36 overall), including seven Grand Slam championships, and an Olympic Games bronze medal in Beijing last year.

More information on The Bryan Brothers Band Featuring David Baron can be found on www.bryanbrosband.com, which will be made live before their debut at Arthur Ashe Kids Day.