Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury prolonged their Nitto ATP Finals profitable streak to seven matches on Wednesday in Turin. In doing so, they sealed a semi-final spot on the prestigious season finale for the fourth consecutive yr.
The defending champions Ram and Salisbury held agency for a 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 win towards Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski contained in the Pala Alpitour. Now 2-0 in Purple Group, they’re already assured a spot within the final 4 no matter what occurs of their third match towards Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler.
Ram and Salisbury have struggled for his or her standard consistency this yr however turned ATP Tour champions in Lyon in Could and Vienna in October, both aspect of defending their title on the US Open. They’re now 34-18 for the season after holding agency in a tense Match Tie-break to wrap an 83-minute triumph towards Koolhof and Skupski.
A single break determined every of the primary two units in an absorbing encounter, the primary between the 2 groups since Ram and Salisbury prevailed within the 2022 Nitto ATP Finals semi-finals. The American-British pair notched the primary break of the match within the sixth recreation en path to profitable a gap set wherein they saved 5 break factors, however Koolhof and Skupski broke to like within the eighth recreation of the second to attract stage.
After edging their second-seeded rivals in a decent Match Tie-break by profitable seven of 9 factors from 3/5 , Ram and Salisbury at the moment are 14-5 throughout 5 appearances on the Nitto ATP Finals. In addition they reached the championship match in Turin in 2021, earlier than their title run final yr.
With a 1-1 document for the week, Koolhof and Skupski subsequent face a straight shootout to turn out to be the second group to advance from Purple Group towards Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden.