By Erik Gudris | Saturday, March 29, 2014

 

Bob and Mike Bryan won their 96th career team title at the Sony Open. The victory also gave them the rare "Indian Wells/Miami" double for the first time ever.

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Top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan continued their dominance in men's doubles with yet another title, this time at the Sony Open in Miami.

The World No.1's faced off against an all South American pair in Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. Cabal and Farah were making their appearance as the first ever team from that continent to reach the final in event history.

The Bryans captured the first set in a tiebreak after saving a pair of set points. Taking control by gaining an early break in the second, the Americans would never look back.

Soon, the Bryans closed out the 7-6(8), 6-4 victory for their third Miami title that also earned them their first ever "Indian Wells-Miami" double having won the BNP Paribas Open earlier this month.

"This is a match we'll remember for a long time," Mike Bryan said. "The crowd support was unreal for both teams. The first set was pivotal and it was huge to save those set points. Bob and I are very excited to play so well and win Miami again for a third time!"

Later, the Bryans reflected on the fact that Cabal and Farah earned just as much crowd support as they did.

"Yeah, this is incredible for us, especially, you know, to win in such a hostile environment. There was a lot of Colombians out there," Bob Bryan said. "They were bringing the noise."

Now on a 13 match win streak, the Bryans have no plans for slowing down anytime soon. Being twins helps them keeping sticking around on tour for so long.

"I think when you're twins it doesn't get too much," Bob Bryan said. "I think if we were normal brothers, I think this career, traveling 40 weeks a year and spending all these long days together would have broke our relationship down, but the twin bond is so strong that it can weather this sort of what is it?"

"Freak nature," Mike Bryan answered with a smile.

"It's freaky that two people would spend this much time together throughout their whole life, you know," Bob Bryan continued. "As professionals, it wouldn't have worked. You see even like the tightest teams, like (Mark) Knowles/(Daniel) Nestor break up after 10 years. But I think we're going to shut it down together and, you know, if I got injured or he got injured we'd retire at the same time. We're not going to go looking for other partners."