The U.S. Open tennis championship starts on Monday and we're seeing doubles. Tennis champions Bob and Mike Bryan tell us about defending their doubles title at the U.S. Open. We ask them about how being twins helps them as doubles partners on the court, and also about the rock band they just formed.
Web Bonus! Watch Bob and Mike test their tennis ESP against John and Femi:
Click through for the two classic video snippets John referenced in the opening moments of the segment.
The hallway twins scene from Stanley Kubrick's The Shining:
And the classic "Doublemint Twins" ad from 1985:
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