Salisbury and Ram sail into French Open third round

Britain's Joe Salisbury and American partner Rajeev Ram claimed a regular triumph to scope nan 3rd information of nan men's doubles astatine nan French Open.

The 3rd seeds won 6-4 6-4 against Ecuador's Gonzalo Escobar and Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov.

Salisbury and Ram person won 4 Grand Slam titles together but person ne'er gone beyond nan quarter-finals successful Paris.

They will look French duo Gregoire Barrere and Lucas Pouille, who defeated Britain's Jamie Murray and New Zealand's Michael Venus, next.

Murray and Venus, seeded 13th, squandered 3 group points successful nan second-set tie-break earlier location hopes Barrere and Pouille closed retired a 6-4 7-6 (8-6) win.

Salisbury will beryllium backmost successful action later connected Sunday alongside chap Briton Heather Watson successful nan mixed doubles aft rainfall played havoc pinch nan schedule successful Paris.

Meanwhile, Henry Patten and Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara triumphed 6-3 7-5 against Luke Johnson and Tunisia's Skander Mansouri.

In nan women's doubles, Maia Lumsden and China's Wang Yafan mislaid 6-3 7-5 to 16th seeds Miyu Kato of Japan and Ukraine's Nadiia Kichenok.