MP Joe and Rajeev in a 3rd set breaker

Which they take. Get in there.

That's great!

Stircrazy wrote:

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L16:  (11) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 47 (24+23) defeated (8) Henri Kontinen & John Peers (FIN/AUS) CR 35 (16+19) by 3-6 6-3 7-6(5)   

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QF:  Jérémy Chardy & Fabrice Martin (FRA/FRA) CR 117 (59+58) vs (11) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 47 (24+23

The local yokels knocked out the top seeds, Kubot & Melo, in three sets...

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Joe & Rajeev play their QF on Tuesday. 2 QFs have been played today and the SFist pair lying in wait is (3) Cabal & Farah.

The SFist pair now known in the bottom half is Pella & Schwartzman. 

QF:  Jérémy Chardy & Fabrice Martin (FRA/FRA) CR 117 (59+58) defeated (11) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 47 (24+23) by 6-4 7-6(6) 

Loved the men's doubles today.

Loved the fact there were two Germans, who were unseeded, had never played Roland Garros before, against a local duo who were also unseeded and who'd played together when they were 8 years old. The Germans were brilliant, but the French made them work for it in the second set.

ATP Media Info

@ATPMediaInfo
5h5 hours ago

#RG19 champions @KrawietzKevin and @AndreasMies become the 1st All-German team to win a Grand Slam doubles title, defeating @JimChardy/@FabMartin86 6-3 7-6(3). They are also 1st Germans -- together or apart - to win @RolandGarros men's doubles title.



And seemingly, the Germans' success, and being financially in a position to achieve that success, was very much down to Wimbledon last year:

"You want to make that step from going from Challengers to ATP Tour level," said Mies "That was our goal when we started last year. It's crazy that we made it that quick in that short period of time... The crucial moment was Wimbledon last year where we used the chance of qualifying and we went to the third round."