Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury advance to the final at the Nitto ATP Finals - UBITENNIS

Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury advance to the final at the Nitto ATP Finals

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Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury beat Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger Vasselin 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 10-7 after 1 hour and 50 minutes to reach the final at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. Ram and Salisbury moved to within one win of successfully defending their title. 

Ram and Salisbury have extended their winning streak to nine consecutive matches. This year they have won three titles at the US Open, in Vienna and Lyon. 

The British and US doubles team will face Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the final. If Granollers and Zeballos win the the final, they will end the season as the world number 1 doubles team. 

Ram and Salisbury saved two break points in the fifth game of the first set. The US and British player rallied from 0-3 down to win the tie-break 7-5. 

Gonzales and Roger Vasselin broke serve at love in the sixth game to take a 4-2 lead. Ram and Salisbury saved two set points in the eighth game for 3-5. Gonzales and Roger Vasselin served out the second set at 30 forcing the match to the match tie-break. Ram and Salisbury earned an early mini-break to win the Match tie-break 10-7.  

Gonzales and Roger Vasselin won two Masters 1000 titles in Miami and Paris Bercy and three more tournaments in Marseille, Los Cabos and Basel. 

Gonzales has become the third Mexican player to reach the semifinals in the ATP Finals.  

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