Australian Open: Double titles for Ram and Salisbury
Rajeev Ram (USA) and Joe Salisbury (Great Britain) won the men's doubles title at the Australian Open.
by SID
last edit: Feb 02, 2020, 08:13 am
In the final, the duo in position eleven won 6: 4, 6: 2 against the Australians Max Purcell / Luke Saville. The two local heroes had only entered the main field with a wildcard.
It is Ram and Salisbury's first Grand Slam title. They received prize money of 760,000 Australian dollars (463,000 euros), the losers still share $ 380,000 (231,500).
The German success double Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies (Coburg / Cologne) had already failed in the first round. The number three French Open winners and US semi-finalists from 2019 lost to the Kazakhs Alexander Bublik / Mikhail Kukushkin in two sets.
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