Salisbury/Ram Prevail In Paris

Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury continued their hot streak on Wednesday at the Rolex Paris Masters, moving into the second round with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Robin Haase/Wesley Koolhof.

Ram/Salisbury, who took the title last week in Vienna (d. Kubot/Melo), have won nine of their past 11 matches. Earlier this week, they clinched their team debut at the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals, held at The O2 in London from 10-17 November.

Seventh seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut powered past Hubert Hurkacz/Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals. The reigning Australian Open champions will take on fellow French duo Jeremy Chardy/Fabrice Martin or Divij Sharan/Artem Sitak in the next round. Roland Garros champions Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies also moved into the last eight by cruising through Marin Cilic/Pablo Cuevas 7-6(3), 6-1.

Maximo Gonzalez and Austin Krajicek scored the shock of the day with a 7-6(5), 4-6, 10-8 first-round win over third seeds Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo. Second seeds Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos avoided an opening-round upset by rallying to defeat Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 3-6, 6-3, 10-4. Rohan Bopanna/Denis Shapovalov opened their week with a 6-4, 7-5 win against Benoit Paire/Fernando Verdasco.