Bob and Mike Bryan are widely regarded as the greatest doubles team of all time, but Grand Slam success has eluded them the last two years.
The American twins, now 38, last won a major in Flushing Meadows in 2014. Defending their title at the U.S. Open a year later, the Stanford alums were stunned in the first round by countrymen Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey.
The brothers aren’t dominating like they used to, but even at their advanced age they’re hardly pushovers. Bob and Mike are fifth and sixth in the doubles rankings, respectively, and they’ve posted a 37-15 record in 2016. In April they won titles in Houston and Barcelona, and in May they captured the trophy at the Masters event in Rome.
For years there was speculation that they would hang up their racquets after the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro—which they ended up skipping—but retirement doesn’t appear to be in the cards any time soon.
“We’re still hungry to win more titles, and we’re still having fun,” Bob told TENNIS.com on Thursday after announcing a partnership with KT Tape. “It is more challenging to be out here with family. Our lives have become more complicated as we’ve gotten a little older. We really want to go out with a bang. We don’t want to limp off the tour. We’ve always said [we wanted to] blast our way off with a big run.