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Battling Ram and Erlich bow out

August 2, 2012 16:07

By

Danny Caro,

Danny Caro

1 min read

Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich were reflecting on a missed opportunity as they bowed out of the Men's Doubles competition against the top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan at Wimbledon.

Having performed heroically to come from a set down against Roger Federer and Stanislas Warwinka less than 24 hours earlier, Ram and Erlich had a glorious chance to take the first set against the siblings. The Israelis held three set points but failed to take them as the Americans took the set 7-4.

Ram and Erlich battled valiantly in the second set, which again went to a tie-break. Prior to this, they saved three match points before eventually going down 11-9 following a short delay for rain.

Erlich said: "We're very pleased with the level of tennis we've played here this week. That's how we wanted to play at the Olympics.

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