Brits Salisbury & Skupski reach doubles third round

US Open 2025

Dates: August 24 through September 7 in Flushing Meadows, New York

With a three-set victory over unseeded Americans Maxwell Exsted and Cooper Woestendick, British duo Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski advanced to the third round of the US Open men’s doubles.

After winning the French Open final earlier this year, the sixth seeds are pursuing their first major title together.

Salisbury defeated Skupski and Wesley Koolhof in a three-game men’s doubles match at Flushing Meadows in 2022, which included beating American Rajeev Ram and winning three of their previous titles there.

The British duo, who had won their first-round match in straight sets, did not have it all their own way on Sunday.

They won the first set 6-4, but they broke serve in the second game’s opening game to set up a decider.

In the second set, Exsted and Woestendick saved three of their own serves by converting three of their nine break points.

Marcus Willis, a Brit in another tournament, defeated Jackson Withrow and John Peers, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6, and 13-11, to claim his spot in round three.

Willis and Drzewiecki continued to hold their serve throughout the third set after winning the second set to prevent three break points early in the third.

After withrow and Peers scored three match points, Willis and Drzewiecki also lost a match point at 10-9 before turning the tables on their own, before winning at the second attempt.

However, Luke Johnson and Sander Arends, who were both Dutch, lost to Argentine duo Tomas Etcheverry and Camilo Ugo 7-5 7-6 (8-6), in round two.

Meanwhile, Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter lost to Zhang Shuai and Ekatarina Alexandrova in three sets, ending British interest in the women’s doubles.

In the second game of the third set, the British pair saved two break points before the match went to a decider.