Ram/Salisbury Battle Back In Brisbane

Fourth seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury worked hard to reach the Brisbane International semi-finals on Thursday with a 6-2, 4-6, 10-8 victory over Austin Krajicek and Artem Sitak in 78 minutes. Ram and Salisbury came back from 3/6 down in the Match Tie-break.

The pair will next face Australian wild cards James Duckworth and Jordan Thompson, who were solid on serve in beating Robert Lindstedt and Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-5 in 67 minutes. Thompson partnered Thanasi Kokkinakis to the 2017 doubles crown (d. G. Muller/Querrey).

Marcus Daniell and Wesley Koolhof will challenge John Millman and John-Patrick Smith in the other semi-final at the ATP 250 hard-court tournament.

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