Brits Salisbury & Skupski Reach Doubles Third Round

US Open 2025

Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 24 August-7 September

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British brace Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski precocious to nan 3rd information of nan US Open men's doubles pinch a three-set triumph complete unseeded Americans Maxwell Exsted and Cooper Woestendick.

The sixth seeds are searching for their first awesome title together aft antecedently reaching nan French Open last earlier this year.

Salisbury won 3 successive men's doubles titles astatine Flushing Meadows betwixt 2021 and 2023 alongside American Rajeev Ram, including beating Skupski and past partner Wesley Koolhof successful 2022.

The British duo, who had travel done their first-round lucifer successful consecutive sets, did not person it each their ain measurement connected Sunday.

After winning nan first group 6-4 and breaking service successful nan opening crippled of nan second, they past mislaid six consecutive games to nonstop nan lucifer into a decider.

Exsted and Woestendick converted 3 of their 9 break points successful nan 2nd group and saved 3 retired of 4 connected their ain serves.

However, Salisbury and Skupski wrestled backmost power pinch a break to emotion successful nan 4th crippled of nan deciding group and only dropped 4 points connected service to complete a 6-4 1-6 6-3 victory.

Elsewhere, Britain's Marcus Willis besides booked his spot successful information three, partnering Poland's Karol Drzewiecki to a 3-6 6-3 7-6 (13-11) triumph complete Jackson Withrow and John Peers.

After winning nan 2nd set, Willis and Drzewiecki saved 3 break points early successful nan 3rd and held their service passim to unit a tie-break.

Withrow and Peers past spurned 3 lucifer points while Willis and Drzewiecki besides mislaid a lucifer constituent astatine 10-9 earlier converting astatine nan 2nd attempt.

However, Luke Johnson and Dutch partner Sander Arends exited successful information two, losing to Argentinian brace Tomas Etcheverry and Camilo Ugo 7-5 7-6 (8-6).

Meanwhile, British liking successful nan women's doubles ended erstwhile Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter mislaid to 12th seeds Zhang Shuai and Ekatarina Alexandrova successful 3 sets.

The British brace came from a group down to nonstop nan lucifer to a decider and saved 2 break points successful nan 2nd crippled of nan 3rd set.

However, pinch Kartal and Boulter serving to enactment successful nan lucifer astatine 5-4, Shuai and Alexandrova took nan crippled to deuce earlier converting their first lucifer constituent to adjacent retired a 6-4 3-6 6-4 triumph and group up a gathering pinch wildcard pairing Venus Williams and Leylah Fernandez.