{"id":286879,"date":"2023-09-08T19:34:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=286879"},"modified":"2023-09-08T19:34:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:34:35","slug":"joe-salisbury-and-rajeev-ram-claim-third-successive-us-open-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/joe-salisbury-and-rajeev-ram-claim-third-successive-us-open-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram claim THIRD successive US Open title"},"content":{"rendered":"
Joe Salisbury’s love affair with New York continued when he and partner Rajeev Ram claimed a historic third successive US Open title, reinforcing their status as doubles kings of Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n
They share a hefty prize pot of \u00a3560,000 for defending their trophy a second time, on this occasion more surprisingly as the two have hardly enjoyed a vintage season together.<\/p>\n
They came back to beat India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden, the number six seeds, 2-6 6-3 6-4 on yet another day of steaming humidity. They also become the first pair since pre-World War One to do the hat-trick in New York.<\/p>\n
For Putney-based Salisbury, who has overcome back issues, it is a sixth Major win (four men’s and two mixed doubles) and puts him one behind Jamie Murray.<\/p>\n
They arrived here with just a solitary clay court title to their name in 2023, and the opening exchanges did not suggest this would represent any major revival.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Joe Salisbury and partner Rajeev Ram clinched a historic third successive US Open title<\/p>\n
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The pair came back to beat India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden in New York<\/p>\n
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Salisbury and Ram will share a prize pot of \u00a3560,000 for defending their trophy a second time<\/p>\n
The roof was half closed to minimise the effect of the sweltering heat which has prevailed this week, giving it almost the feel of an indoor match.<\/p>\n
Ram was broken in the very first game, and Salisbury was hanging on too. When the Londoner also lost his serve the Indian-Australian duo were well in control.<\/p>\n
With their returns becoming more effective, the Anglo-American pair changed the momentum by breaking Bopanna for 4-2 in the second.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The veteran Bopanna, 43, was again looking his age in the decider when he missed a forehand to get broken at 2-2, an advantage that proved decisive.<\/p>\n
They could have broken Ebden at 4-2 to put the match out of reach, but ultimately it came down to Ram to serve the match out on what has very much become their favourite court.<\/p>\n