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Britain’s Joe Salisbury and American partner Rajeev Ram claimed a routine win to reach the third round of the men’s doubles at the French Open.<\/b><\/p>\n
The third seeds won 6-4 6-4 against Ecuador’s Gonzalo Escobar and Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov.<\/p>\n
Salisbury and Ram have won four Grand Slam titles together but have never gone beyond the quarter-finals in Paris.<\/p>\n
They will face French duo Gregoire Barrere and Lucas Pouille, who defeated Britain’s Jamie Murray and New Zealand’s Michael Venus, next.<\/p>\n
Murray and Venus, seeded 13th, squandered three set points in the second-set tie-break before home hopes Barrere and Pouille closed out a 6-4 7-6 (8-6) win.<\/p>\n
Salisbury will be back in action later on Sunday alongside fellow Briton Heather Watson in the mixed doubles after rain played havoc with the schedule in Paris.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Henry Patten and Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara triumphed 6-3 7-5 against Luke Johnson <\/b>and Tunisia’s Skander Mansouri.<\/p>\n
In the women’s doubles, Maia Lumsden and China’s Wang Yafan lost 6-3 7-5 to 16th seeds Miyu Kato of Japan and Ukraine’s Nadiia Kichenok.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n