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PARIS - Jeremy Pied headed home the winner and goalkeeper Jonas Lossl denied Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a decisive save in the closing stages as defending champion Paris Saint-Germain slumped to its first defeat in the French league with a 1-0 loss at Guingamp on Sunday.Leader Marseille did not take advantage of its rivals stumble as Marcelo Bielsas team also lost 1-0 at Monaco. Bernardo Silva scored the winner, preventing Marseille from extending its lead atop the standings to four points.After losing 3-1 midweek to Barcelona in Europes top-tier competition, PSG could not recover from its first major setback of the season and looked bereft of ideas against an entertaining Guingamp side.Although PSG almost opened the scoring when Edinson Cavanis volley brushed the woodwork, Guingamp was the better team and deservedly moved ahead after David Luiz fouled Pied. PSG defenders were caught napping on the resulting free kick as Younousse Sankhare was left unmarked in the box and headed the ball for Pied, who beat goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu with a diving header in the 11th minute.Im not satisfied with my teams showing. I was really disappointed by our first half especially after we warned the players about Guingamps quality on set pieces, PSG coach Laurent Blanc said. This loss embodies our struggles since the start of the league season. We were made to pay for the lack of aggressiveness I have been ruing for a while.PSG remained second in the standings one point behind Marseille. Guingamp, which has one of the smallest budgets in the league, climbed to 13th overall, four points away from the relegation zone.Guingamp, which reached the Europa League round-of-32 for the first time this week, had a good chance to double its lead soon after the interval when Claudio Beauvue forced Sirigu to parry the ball into the corner with a fine shot from the edge of the box after being picked out by Sankhare.With three minutes remaining, Ibrahimovic connected with a cross from Gregory van der Wiel but the Sweden strikers shot from close range was saved by Lossl and the PSG forward could not score from the rebound.In Monaco, Silva concluded a fine move in the 67th minute for his first goal for the club, slotting home from Anthony Martials cut-back after Yannick Ferreira Carrasco cleverly dummied the ball.It was Marseilles fourth league defeat this season while Monaco, last-years runner-up, climbed to sixth in the standings. After struggling with consistency and goals, Monaco has been forced to play catch-up with the leaders but is finally hitting form and qualified as group winner for the Champions League knockout phase midweek.When you look at others results, this is a big disappointment, Marseille keeper Steve Mandanda said. Monaco was well organized and imposed its rhythm on us. There is one more match to play next week, we need to finish on a high to go on holidays with peace of mind.Earlier, Saint-Etienne extended its unbeaten run in the league to nine games following a lacklustre 0-0 draw at Nice before Lille moved to 12th with a 3-0 win over Toulouse.After being knocked out from the Europa League, Saint-Etienne appeared tired and powerless against a well-organized Nice side that did not create many chances either.Saint-Etienne substitute Max-Alain Gradel had his teams best opportunity in the 90th minute with a shot onto the post from a tight angle.Christophe Galtiers side kept a fifth consecutive clean sheet and remained fourth in the standings but lost ground in the race for the Champions League places, now lagging three points behind bitter rival Lyon.Tempers frayed toward the end of the first half after Ismael Diomande deliberately stopped Carlos Eduardos run down the right flank, with the Brazilian responding by sending his foot into the midfielders head. 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LOUIS -- The St.LONDON -- All this talk about no Americans left at Wimbledon strikes Mike and Bob Bryan as sort of odd. After their semifinal victory -- on the 4th of July, no less -- these 35-year-old identical twins from California are one win away from becoming the first team in the history of Open-era tennis to hold all four major titles at the same time. "The Bryan Slam," theyll call it, but dont look for that news to knock baseball, hot-dog-eating contests or Andy Murray out of the headlines in either the United States or Britain. The Bryan brothers play doubles, and despite their history making success, they live in a world where their games arent fully appreciated and fame is hard to come by. "The hardcore tennis fan loves doubles, but the casual sports fan doesnt know enough about it," Mike Bryan said. They love stars. Doubles players arent stars." If their list of accomplishments belonged to a singles player, theyd be considered among the best of all time. --Their 14 Grand Slam tournament titles would tie them for second with Pete Sampras. --Their 310 weeks at No. 1 would be eight more than Roger Federers record. --Their 90 tournament titles would rank third behind Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl. Instead, they must "settle" on holding the record for doubles in all those categories. Theyve raked in more than $20 million in prize money over their 15 years as pros and have gone 21-3 in Davis Cup matches -- a near sure-thing for a country that, for the first time in 101 years, didnt have a male singles player in the third round of Wimbledon and also saw its last woman go out Wednesday. Quite a resume. Place them outside a tennis tournament, however, and usually, they can walk down the street in peace. "Its the names and the stars," said Jack Nicklaus, the 18-time major golf champion, who was at Wimbledon this week and watched the Bryans play. "The singles players are really good, no question about that. If the doubles players were good enough, theyd be playing singles. To a large degree, I think thats the way most people look at it." Though it struggles for air time, doubles can be entertaining -- the last bastion of 21st-century tennis where a net game, teamwork and a couple of reflex volleys can still carry the day. Nearly two-thirds of frequent recreational players in the U.S. play doubles, according to the most recent study by the U.S. Tennis Association.dddddddddddd At the pro level, it can be quite an entertaining show, as was the brothers 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 victory Thursday over the newly formed team of Indias Rohan Bopanna and Frances Edouard Roger-Vasselin. "I think they get overlooked and I think the top current singles players very, very seldom play doubles," said Pam Shriver, whose 8 1/2-year partnership with Martina Navratilova produced 20 Grand Slam titles. "I think doubles have always taken a back seat since Open tennis and prize money settled it all." (The lone exception: The Williams sisters, whove combined to win 13 Grand Slam doubles titles.) In their semifinal victory Thursday, the Bryans improved to 8-1 lifetime in Wimbledon five-setters. Their success in the close ones -- and the not-so-close ones -- makes sense, considering theyve been together forever, literally, while other teams come and go, sometimes changing partners by the week. The Bryans opponents in Saturdays final will be Croatias Ivan Dodig and Brazils Marcelo Melo, yet another one of those "honeymoon teams," as the Bryans like to call the new teams. "The sibling relationship might not even hold up under this amount of travel and stress," said Bob Bryan, who plays lefty, while his brother plays right-handed. "Its maybe only the twin relationship that can stand this kind of test of time. I definitely dont think just a normal partnership can hold up under this many years of ups and downs and finger pointing. "Unless you have the confidence that your partners not going to be looking around for someone else after a heartbreak loss. I mean, thats what we have. We have that loyalty that no matter how bad I return during a stretch, I know hes not going to be talking to (Daniel) Nestor, or texting Nestor" a 40-year-old Canadian doubles specialist. Almost every time they step onto the court, they will be both the favourite and an undercard. They accept both fates with equal enthusiasm. "As an athlete, youve got to cherish those moments," Mike said. "Were on the road and you can get mentally tired of those moments when youre playing week in, week out, basically putting your(self) out on the line, having guys gun for you because youre the number-one team. But then you go home and you realize you need that adrenaline rush, and youre itching to get back out there." ' ' '