British pair Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski secured their place in the French Open men’s doubles semi-finals with a hard-fought victory over Matthew Ebden and John Peers.

The eighth seeds battled back to beat the Australian pair 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-4.

It is the first time either Skupski or Salisbury, who paired up at the start of the season, have gone beyond the men’s quarter-finals in Paris.

They are bidding for a first Grand Slam title together, having reached finals on the clay in Qatar and Barcelona this year.

Meanwhile, Britain’s Henry Patten and Finn Harri Heliovaara missed the opportunity to set up a last-four meeting with Skupski and Salisbury.

Second seeds Patten and Heliovaara, the reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champions, lost 6-3 6-4 to American ninth seeds Christian Harrison and Evan King.

Later on Tuesday, Skupski reached the the mixed doubles semi-finals alongside American partner Desirae Krawczyk by beating top seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Mate Pavic of Croatia 6-3 6-4.