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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.<\/b><\/p>\n
The eighth seeds battled back to beat the Australian pair 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-4.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
They are bidding for a first Grand Slam title together, having reached finals on the clay in Qatar and Barcelona this year.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Britain’s Henry Patten and Finn Harri Heliovaara missed the opportunity to set up a last-four meeting with Skupski and Salisbury.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n