Defending Champions Ram and Salisbury Ousted in US Open Doubles

Three-time defending US Open men's doubles champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury were eliminated in the third round by Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow. The American-British duo had won 20 consecutive matches at Flushing Meadows and were seeded third this year.

Three-time defending US Open men's doubles champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury were eliminated in the third round by the 13th-seeded American duo of Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow with scores of 7-6(3), 6-3. The American-British pairing had won 20 consecutive matches together at Flushing Meadows and were seeded third this year.

Last year, Ram and Salisbury became the first men to win three US Open doubles titles in a row since Americans Tom Bundy and Maurice McLoughlin achieved the feat from 1912-1914.

In the quarterfinals, Lammons and Withrow will face the 11th-seeded team of Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic, the last pair to defeat Ram and Salisbury in New York, having done so in the semifinals in 2020.

(With inputs from agencies.)