Santoro and Llodra do the double
Santoro and Llodra do the double
Saturday, 31 January, 2004
by Tim Brimblecombe
http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/reports/2004-01-31/200401311075532153579.html
French duo Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro have completed a successful
defence of their Australian Open men's doubles title with a 7-6 (7-4) 6-3
win over American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan in the final.
The No.5 seeds took 84 minutes to overcome the No.1 seeds, who held a 3-1
advantage over the Frenchmen before Australian Open 2004.
In the previous meeting between the two teams at the Tennis Masters Cup in
Houston just over two months ago, the American duo prevailed in a tough
five-set match.
It was the third straight year that Llodra and Santoro had reached the
Australian Open final.
The American pair went into the match having won 17 of their past 18
encounters and looked set to extend that record when they broke early
in the first set.
But the Frenchmen quickly responded to level at 4-all before they were again
under pressure, facing two set points at 15-40 in the tenth game.
They recovered to level at 5-all and then had a chance to serve out the set
when they broke the Americans in the next game, only to be broken themselves
immediately after, forcing the tie-break.
Llodra's big left-hand serve proved crucial for the Frenchmen to take the
tie-break 7-4 and they took the momentum into the second set for an early
break and 3-1 lead.
The Bryans had a break chance, but they failed to convert leaving the
Frenchmen to serve out the for their second Grand Slam title.
To the amusement of the crowd the French pair celebrated their brace of
wins by taking most of their clothes off on court.. 哈哈
Santoro and Llodra's second Australian Open win is just the third Grand Slam
title by a French pair in the Open era, after Henri Leconte and Yannick Noah
combined to win the French Open in 1984.
Rod Laver Arena - Men's Doubles - Finals
Bob Bryan USA (1)
Mike Bryan USA (1) 64 3
Michael Llodra FRA (5)
Fabrice Santoro FRA (5) 77 6
Match Facts
‧ The match lasted 1 hour 24 minutes
‧ Total points won: Llodra/Santoro 75, Bryan/Bryan 64
‧ Break point conversions: Llodra/Santoro 3 of 6, Bryan/Bryan 2 of 9
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