Ram/Salisbury Advance To Second Final Of Season In Cincy

Top seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury were untroubled on serve Saturday as they did not face a break point in a 6-4, 7-5 semi-final victory over Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin at the Western & Southern Open.

After winning 31/35 (89%) of first-serve points, the two-time Grand Slam champions advanced to their second final of the season and now look to repeat their run to the Monte Carlo title in April (d. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah).

Should Ram and Salisbury claim the trophy in Cincinnati, they will rise to No. 3 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings and strengthen their claim to a spot in the eight-team Nitto ATP Finals.

In Sunday’s final, the duo will face sixth seeds Tim Puetz and Michael Venus, who received a walkover from Holger Rune and Stefanos Tsitsipas.