Salisbury, Ram out of Paris doubles over COVID-19 concerns

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Australian Open - Men's Doubles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - February 2, 2020 Rajeev Ram of the U.S. and Britain's Joe Salisbury celebrate with the trophy after winning the final against Australia's Max Purcell and Luke Saville REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

(Reuters) - Australian Open doubles champions Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram have been withdrawn from this week's Paris Masters after Salisbury was in close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case, the men's ATP tennis body said on Monday.

Britain's Salisbury, who has not tested positive for COVID-19, has been placed in isolation and remains asymptomatic after his "credentialed" contact returned a positive test for the novel coronavirus on Sunday.