Briton Joe Salisbury and American associate Rajeev Ram suffered their first loss on the US Open since 2020 because the three-time defending champions’ profitable run at Flushing Meadows ended.
The boys’s doubles winners in 2021, 2022 and 2023 had been overwhelmed 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 within the third spherical by American thirteenth seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow.
Salisbury and Ram’s profitable document in New York stretched again 20 matches, with their most up-to-date defeat earlier than Monday coming within the 2020 semi-finals.
The pair additionally gained the Australian Open in 2020, along with their three different Grand Slam titles on the US Open.
They’ve struggled on the main occasions since profitable their third US Open final yr, nonetheless, exiting the Australian Open within the third spherical in January, shedding within the quarter-finals of the French Open and falling to a second-round upset at Wimbledon.
Neal Skupski was the one Briton to progress at Flushing Meadows on Monday as he and New Zealand’s Michael Venus beat Individuals Emilio Nava and Tristan Boyer 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 to succeed in the fourth spherical.
Wimbledon champion and fellow Briton Henry Patten and associate Harri Heliovaara had been additionally knocked out in spherical three, shedding 6-2 6-2 to eleventh seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic.
Britain’s Harriet Dart and French associate Diane Parry had been additionally overwhelmed within the third spherical of the ladies’s doubles.
Having beaten Olympic champions Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani in round two, Dart and Parry misplaced 6-4 6-4 to tenth seeds Hao-Ching Chan and Veronika Kudermetova.