By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Picture credit score: Andrew Patron/Delray Seashore Open
The Bryan brothers will lead legends again to Delray Seashore.
Twins Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan headline the Delray Seashore legends set for February 7-Ninth. The senior occasion kicks off the Delray Seashore Open, the ATP event which runs via February sixteenth.
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Bob and Mike Bryan, who shall be inducted into the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame subsequent yr, and Grand Slam champions Luke and Murphy Jensen shall be joined by Delray Seashore 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 group within the sport’s historical past. Collectively they gained 119 titles, together with 16 Grand Slams and 6 DBO championships. They completed because the year-end No. 1 doubles group 10 instances and gained Olympic gold collectively in 2012. They may 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 Seashore 9 instances, reaching the doubles last in 1997. Since retiring, every has labored in broadcasting and training. “Twin Hand Luke” Jensen can play with both hand, even serving ambidextrously. This shall be their fourth yr taking part in collectively within the Delray Legends occasion.
Sock retired from the professional tour in 2023, having gained the DBO singles title in 2017, the doubles title in 2013 and 2018, and reached a career-high rating of world No. 8. He gained 4 Grand Slam doubles and blended doubles titles and Olympic gold and bronze. Sock has gained singles and doubles titles in any respect top-level occasions held in Delray Seashore, 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 Seashore Open Legends occasion after retiring from the ATP Tour in 2022. He gained the DBO title in 2016 and performed the occasion 12 instances. Querrey reached a career-high rating of No. 11, gained 10 titles and reached the semifinals at 2017 Wimbledon. Sock and Querrey make up half of the group on the podcast Nothing Main. Each at the moment are pickleball professionals, and Querrey has developed an Instagram following for his light-hearted movies about tennis, pickleball and household life.
Haas gained the DBO title in 2006 and reached No. 2 on the planet, gained 15 complete singles titles and Olympic silver. He’s making his sixth appearances within the Legends occasion, which he has gained 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 3 times every. He’s now the event director of the ATP 1000 Masters occasion in Indian Wells, Calif.
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