ATP Delray Beach: Bob and Mike Bryan now hold the key to the city
Before entering the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Delray Beach, the five-time champions Bob and Mike Bryan were given a special gift by the organizers.
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last edit: Feb 19, 2020, 10:14 am
When the great Mariano Rivera, one of the best baseball throwers of the past decades, took his big farewell tour in the New York Yankees jersey in 2013, he was given plenty of creative gifts at his last appearances. In Boston, for example, from the Red Sox who resided there and gave the star pitcher of their biggest competitor part of their legendary display board to retire. Or the Twins from Minnesota, who handed Rivera a rocking chair made of broken baseball bats.
The organizers of the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Delray Beach on Tuesday did not appear to be quite as creative, but at least gave Bob and Mike Bryan the key to the city at their 13th and last appearance in Florida. The recipient Bob also worked on the doors that this opens.
No match against Kyrgios and Thompson
"Thank you for the prestigious key," he said during the small ceremony. "If you have something missing at home this evening, it is probably that. Delray Beach is a very special place for us. It is our home tournament, we have a lot of very special memories. ”
When there were about five winning trophies. The conditions for the sixth title are not bad, Bob and Mike Bryan are number one in Delray Beach. But fell short for an exciting opening task: Actually, the Bryans should have ran against Nick Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson in round one. The Australians withdrew, however: Kyrgios did not even play his single against Tommy Paul, Thompson gave up after losing the first set against Miomir Kecmanovic.