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American twins Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won their fifth Australian Open doubles title, beating Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi of India 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday.
The Bryans have held the No. 1 ranking in doubles for the past eight years. They have also won the U.S Open three times and the French Open and Wimbledon once.
The Bryan brothers, who won the Australian title in 2006, '07, '09 and last year, didn't lose their serve and twice broke the Indian team. They celebrated the win with their familiar leaping chest bump.
The twins already hold the record for the most tournament titles of any men's doubles team in the Open Era, which they stretched to 68, seven better than retired Australians Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge.
They are also closing in on the "Woodies" collection of 11 Grand Slam trophies. They are within two of the Open Era record of 12 majors, held by another Australian pair of John Newcombe and Tony Roche.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/aus11/news/story?id=6071012
