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French Open: Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram advance, but Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares are defeated

Britain's Joe Salisbury moved into the third round of the French Open men's doubles, but Jamie Murray went out.

Top seeds Salisbury and American Rajeev Ram beat Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic and American Nicholas Monroe 6-3 7-6 (7-5).

Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares, who were the 10th seeds and have won two Grand Slam titles together, were eliminated.

They lost 7-6 (9-7) 4-6 6-3 against the all-American pairing of Mackenzie McDonald and Tommy Paul.

Murray and Soares were 4-2 down in the final set before breaking back, only to then immediately lose their next service game.