ATP Finals: Ram-Salisbury clinch 9th tour-level title as duo

The AmericanBritish duo of Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury overcame the heartbreak of the previous years loss in finals delivering a quality performance to down Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic to become undefeated mens doubles champion in Turin on SundayThey defeated their opponents by 764 64 to end their season on a highWith this Salisbury is the first Briton to win the ATP Finals doubles title while Ram is the 18th American to do so They have earned 1500 ATP Doubles Rankings points and walk away with 930300 as undefeated champions the biggest doubles payday in historyBoth teams were strong with their serves in the first set The first set moved to a tiebreaker RamSalisbury dispatched volleys and smashes to win the set and move head In the second set Pavics double faults profited his opponents From that point there was no looking back for the AmericanBritish duo and they sealed an emotional winThat is probably up there with one of our best matches one of our best matches as a team Salisbury was quoted as saying by ATPI think we are so proud of everything we have done this week We have come through some tough situations but we have stuck together the whole way I am so happy I cannot believe we have achieved this he addedAlso readUS Open 2022 Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury retain mens doubles titleI do not know what to say Ram said My partner played out of this world today but I guess that is what you have got to do and that is why he is one of the best around He saves his best for the biggest moments I am so proud of us as a team for sure he addedRam and Salisbury who had lost to PierreHugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in last years final now have nine tourlevel titles as a team This was a standout season for them as they won ATP Masters 1000 titles in Monte Carlo and Cincinnati They also won their third grand slam title at US Open and have a winloss record of 3714 this yearMektic and Pavic were chasing their sixth tourlevel title of the year this week in Turin They won the ATP Masters 1000 event title in Rome while they also lifted trophies in Geneva at The Queens Club in London in Eastbourne and Astana It could have been Mektics second ATP Finals crown having won with Wesley Koolhof in 2020Congratulations to Rajeev and Joe Mektic said during the trophy ceremony You were really good today Congratulations and enjoy your moment I want to also thank Mate and our whole box we had a great weekThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever