Salisbury & Ram suffer first US Open loss since 2020

Briton Joe Salisbury and American partner Rajeev Ram suffered their first nonaccomplishment astatine nan US Open since 2020 arsenic nan three-time defending champions' winning tally astatine Flushing Meadows ended.

The men's doubles winners successful 2021, 2022 and 2023 were beaten 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 successful nan 3rd information by American 13th seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow.

Salisbury and Ram's winning grounds successful New York stretched backmost 20 matches, pinch their astir caller conclusion earlier Monday coming successful nan 2020 semi-finals.

The brace besides won nan Australian Open successful 2020, successful summation to their 3 different Grand Slam titles astatine nan US Open.

They person struggled astatine nan awesome events since winning their 3rd US Open past year, however, exiting nan Australian Open successful nan 3rd information successful January, losing successful nan quarter-finals of nan French Open and falling to a second-round upset astatine Wimbledon.

Wimbledon champion and chap Briton Henry Patten and partner Harri Heliovaara were besides knocked retired successful information three, losing 6-2 6-2 to 11th seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic.

Britain's Harriet Dart and French partner Diane Parry were besides beaten successful nan 3rd information of nan women's doubles.

Having beaten Olympic champions Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani successful information two, Dart and Parry mislaid 6-4 6-4 to 10th seeds Hao-Ching Chan and Veronika Kudermetova.