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2010 US Open – Men's Doubles facts for kids

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The 2010 US Open men's doubles tournament was a big tennis event where teams of two male players competed. It was part of the famous US Open tournament, which is one of the four biggest tennis events each year, called Grand Slams.

The American brothers, Bob and Mike Bryan, won the championship. They beat the team of Rohan Bopanna from India and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi from Pakistan in the final match. The score was 7–6(5), 7–6(4). This means both sets were very close and decided by a tie-break.

The defending champions from the previous year, Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes, unfortunately lost in their very first match of the tournament. They were defeated by Martin Damm and Filip Polášek with a score of 6–7(7), 6–3, 6–4.

Top Teams in the Tournament

In tennis tournaments, the best teams are "seeded." This means they are ranked and placed in the draw so they don't play against each other too early. Here are the top seeded teams for the 2010 US Open Men's Doubles:

  • United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan (They were the champions!)
  • Canada Daniel Nestor / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić (They reached the third round.)
  • Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý / India Leander Paes (They lost in the first round.)
  • India Mahesh Bhupathi / Belarus Max Mirnyi (They reached the second round.)
  • Poland Łukasz Kubot / Austria Oliver Marach (They made it to the quarterfinals.)
  • Czech Republic František Čermák / Slovakia Michal Mertiňák (They lost in the first round.)
  • Austria Jürgen Melzer / Germany Philipp Petzschner (They lost in the first round.)
  • Austria Julian Knowle / Israel Andy Ram (They lost in the first round.)
  • Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Poland Marcin Matkowski (They reached the quarterfinals.)
  • South Africa Wesley Moodie / Belgium Dick Norman (They reached the quarterfinals.)
  • France Julien Benneteau / France Michaël Llodra (They withdrew in the second round due to injuries.)
  • Spain Marcel Granollers / Spain Tommy Robredo (They made it to the semifinals.)
  • Sweden Robert Lindstedt / Romania Horia Tecău (They reached the third round.)
  • Sweden Simon Aspelin / Australia Paul Hanley (They reached the quarterfinals.)
  • United States Mardy Fish / The Bahamas Mark Knowles (They reached the third round.)
  • India Rohan Bopanna / Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (They were the finalists!)

How the Tournament Played Out

The tournament had many matches, leading up to the final. Here's a look at the final stages of the competition:

Quarterfinals

  • The Bryan brothers (seeded 1) played against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski (seeded 9). The Bryans won 6–3, 7–5.
  • Marcel Granollers and Tommy Robredo (seeded 12) played against Simon Aspelin and Paul Hanley (seeded 14). Granollers and Robredo won 6–4, 7–67.
  • Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zeballos played against Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach (seeded 5). Schwank and Zeballos won 6–3, 7–63.
  • Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (seeded 16) played against Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman (seeded 10). Bopanna and Qureshi won 7–5, 7–62.

Semifinals

  • The Bryan brothers (seeded 1) continued their strong play, beating Marcel Granollers and Tommy Robredo (seeded 12) with a score of 6–1, 6–4.
  • Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (seeded 16) won their semifinal match against Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zeballos, with a score of 7–65, 6–4.

Final Match

The final was a thrilling match between the top-seeded Bryan brothers and the 16th-seeded team of Bopanna and Qureshi.

  • United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan won against India Rohan Bopanna / Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi with a score of 7–65, 7–64.

The Bryan brothers showed why they were the top seeds, winning a very close final and becoming the 2010 US Open Men's Doubles champions!

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Anexo:Abierto de Estados Unidos 2010 (dobles masculino) para niños

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