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By Erik Gudris | Saturday, November 15, 2014

Bob and Mike Bryan  have already clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking. Now they will seek even more glory in their incredible careers as they seek a fourth ATP World Tour Finals title.

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The No. 1 seeds faced little resistance in their semifinal against the all-French team of Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. The Roland Garros champions had few answers against the Bryans who won the opening set 6-0.

The Bryans were near perfect losing just three points on their first serves and converting four out of five break points.

With that, the Bryans wrapped up the 6-0, 6-3 win in just 53 minutes.

Waiting for them in the final will be the No. 7 seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo.

In the earlier semifinal, Dodig and Melo took on the surprise team of the event in Lukasz Kubot and Robert Lindstedt. Kubot and Lindstedt entered the semis with a perfect 3-0 record in the round robin.

Melo and Dodig, despite losing the first set, showed great teamwork up at net.

The pair went on to win the second set and force a final set tiebreak. Kubot and Lindstedt fell behind early in the breaker but managed to get within a few points. Down match point, Kubot and Lindstedt challenged their own serve after Melo hit a winning return. The serve was shown out on review and the point was replayed.

The reversal only delayed the inevitable as Dodig and Melo went on to win 4-6, 6-4, 10-6.

Dodig and Melo are the only team in the event not to have won a title together all season.

The Bryan Brothers are now in search of their fourth career year-end title having won earlier in 2003, 2004, and 2009.


(Photo Credit: Getty)

 

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