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Joe Salisbury (right) and Rajeev Ram won the 2020 Australian Open| Venue: Melbourne Park Dates: 16-29 January |
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Britain's Joe Salisbury and his American partner Rajeev Ram are out of the Australian Open men's doubles after a three-set defeat in the third round.
Second seeds Salisbury and Ram, the 2020 champions in Melbourne, lost 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 to Monaco's Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski of Poland.
It is the first time since the 2021 French Open that the pair have failed to reach the last eight of a Slam.
But Britain's top seed Neal Skupski, with Wesley Koolhof, is through.
Skupski and Dutch partner Koolhof, who lost the US Open final to Salisbury and Ram last year, defeated Nikola Cacic of Serbia and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6-4 6-2.
They will face Australian wildcards Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler in the quarter-finals.
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