The Latest: Ram, Salisbury into Aussie Open doubles final

By Associated Press 19 February 2021, 12:00AM

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest from the Australian Open (all times local):

3 p.m.

American Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury of Britain have advanced to the final in men’s doubles at the Australian Open by beating Jamie Murray of Scotland and Bruno Soares of Brazil 6-4, 7-6 (2).

Ram and Salisbury won the title last year. Their opponents in the final will be Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Filip Polasek of Slovakia.

Salisbury is also in the mixed doubles semifinals with American Desirae Krawczyk.

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1:15 p.m.

Play is underway on Day 12 at the Australian Open, and the showcase match will be Friday night's singles semifinal between No. 4-seeded Daniil Medvedev and No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Tsitsipas rallied from a two-set deficit to beat Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals.

The day's first match is a semifinal in men's doubles pitting Jamie Murray of Scotland and Bruno Soares of Brazil against American Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury of Britain.

The women's doubles final will match Elise Mertens of Belgium and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus against Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of Czech Republic.

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More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

By Associated Press 19 February 2021, 12:00AM

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