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Bryans beat in French Open doubles

Published: June 4, 2009 at 9:16 PM

PARIS, June 4 (UPI) -- Bob and Mike Bryan lost 0-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 to Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman in the men's doubles semifinals at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris.

The American twins, the event's second-seeded duo, lost the match despite significant 92-77 edge in points won.

They have compiled seven majors and a career doubles Grand Slam, while the Moodie-Norman duo bounced back from a disastrous start.

They saved three match points to force a tie-break in the second set, then sealed their lone service break at 5-4 in the third.

"Everything that could go wrong in the first went wrong," Norman said on the men's tennis Web site. "It was just a matter of trying to refocus."

In the men's doubles final, Moodie-Norman face third-seeded Lukas Dlouhy and Leander Paes 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5) winners over top-seeded Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic.

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