Murray v Salisbury ensures British player in Australian Open doubles final

Jamie Murray and Joe Salisbury to clash in doubles semi-final
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A British player will take part in the Australian Open men’s doubles final after Joe Salisbury and Jamie Murray set up a semi-final clash against each other on Wednesday.

Defending champions Salisbury and American Rajeev Ram were first in action on the Margaret Court Arena with Philipp Oswald and Marcus Daniell their opponents. A tight first set went to a tie break where the 2020 champions grabbed the crucial initiative. The second set was more straight forward and Salisbury and Ram were able to break their quarter-final opponents twice to seal a 7-6 (6), 6-2 success.