PARIS -- The obligatory chest bump was about a five on the Bryan Brothers' scale, a little late on the takeoff and a tad loose.
No, matter, for Bob and Mike Bryan are through to their 26th Grand Slam doubles final after Thursday's comprehensive 6-3, 6-3 victory over the No. 6-seeded Italian team of Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini. It was over in 59 minutes.
They'll meet the No. 3-seeded team of Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in Saturday's final.
A victory would give the Bryans 17 major titles, the same number that Roger Federer has. That would break a tie with Australian Todd Woodbridge, whose 16 doubles championships -- 11 with Mark Woodforde and five with Jonas Bjorkman -- is the Open era standard.
The Bryans have won six Australian Open titles, five at the US Open, three at Wimbledon and two at Roland Garros.
The California twins turned 37 in April, but they insist they can continue being relevant into their 40s. Based on recent results, it's difficult to argue with that.
Although they went out in the fourth round of the Australian Open, they have won three titles in 2015 at Delray Beach, Miami and Monte Carlo. However, they were scuffling coming into Roland Garros, having lost their first matches in both Madrid and Rome.
Mike Bryan is a perfect 9-0 here at Roland Garros when you factor in the four matches he won with mixed doubles partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
Yes, he and Mattek-Sands won the mixed doubles final -- the first championship trophy awarded this fortnight -- late Thursday, 7-6 (3), 6-1 over Lucie Hradecka and Marcin Matkowski.
Mattek-Sands is 8-0, including her four wins with doubles partner Lucie Safarova, who is also a finalist in singles, opposite Serena Williams. Mattek-Sands and Safarova play in the women's semifinals Friday.
Mike usually doesn't play mixed doubles, opting to focus on the men's game, but he made an exception this year.
"I don't know how many Grand Slams I have left," he said afterward. "It's fun to see B take on the guys. That's why I decided to play with here. But I had to beg a little bit."
When the presentation was made, Mike comically struggled to lift the diminutive personal trophy, which fits comfortably in a hand, reducing the photographers to laughter.
Bryan has now won four Grand Slam mixed titles (the first three with Lisa Raymond) to go with 16 doubles titles, for a grand total 20.
Mattek-Sands is a three-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2012 Australian Open mixed doubles titles with Horia Tecau and earlier this year, the Australian Open doubles title with Safarova.
"It's fun, because you know the guys are going after you," Mattek-Sands said. "I like it when they try to crush you at the net."
Meanwhile, three of the four semifinalists in the junior boys' tournament are American. No. 2 seed Taylor Harry Fritz, 17, was 6-3, 6-4 winner over Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera of Chile. Michael Mmoh, the 17-year-old No. 6 seed from Bradenton, Florida, defeated fellow American Reilly Opelka 6-4, 6-4. No. 13 seed Tommy Paul, 18, was a 6-3, 6-1 winner over Manuel Pena Lopez of Argentina.
Catherine "C.C." Bellis, the 16-year-old from San Francisco, is also through to the girls' semifinals with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Jil Teichmann of Switzerland.