Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski reach the semifinals at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin - UBITENNIS

Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski reach the semifinals at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin

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Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski beat already eliminated Christian Harrison and Evan King 7-5 6-3 in 72 minutes to finish with a perfect 3-0 record in the John McEnroe Group at the Nitto ATP Finals. 

Salisbury and Skupski have drawn level to 2-2 in their head-to-head matches aga

Salisbury and Skupski are the only unbeaten doubles team in the field to qualify for the semifinals. 

Salisbury has extended his winning streak to 13 matches following his back-to-back titles with Rajeev Ram in 2022 and 2023. 

Salisbury and Skupski converted their first break point in the 11th game to seal the first set 7-5 in 38 minutes. 

The British team broke serve in the fourth game to take a 3-1 lead and held serve in the fifth game to extend their lead to 4-1.  They won their next service games to close out the second set 6-3 after 1 hour and 11 minutes.

Joe Salisbury: “It’s going really well, we’re happy to get three wins. We’ve been through some difficult times this week, but we’ve managed to keep going.”Salisbury and Skupsky, who reached the final at Roland Garros and at the US Open, set up an all-British semifinal against Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool. 

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