Britain’s Joe Salisbury and American companion Rajeev Ram are out of the Australian Open after shedding to Tomas Machac and Zhang Zhizhen within the third spherical in Melbourne.
The Czech-Chinese language pair fought again from a set right down to beat the third seeds 3-6 6-3 6-2 and attain the quarter-finals.
Salisbury and Ram had been bidding for a second straight Grand Slam title after their US Open triumph in September.
They’ve gained 4 majors collectively, together with the Australian Open in 2020.
“We performed such nice tennis. We had been returning like animals and he [Zhang], I do not know what he was serving like, he was serving very effectively,” mentioned Machac.
Machac and Zhang, who’re taking part in of their first event collectively, might face Britain’s Neal Skupski and Mexico’s Santiago Gonzalez within the final eight.
Fifth seeds Skupski and Gonzalez face Ariel Behar of Uruguay and Czech Adam Pavlasek on Monday.