Harri Heliövaara’s doubles day ended in the quarterfinals at the Montreal Masters tennis tournament.
Tennis couple Harri Heliövaara/Lloyd Glasspool lost to the tournament’s third-ranked pair, the pair with the most ATP doubles points this year, in the quarterfinals of the Montreal Masters 6-4, 3-6, 8-10 late Friday.
Heliövaara and Glasspool were close to new with their win in Hamburg in mid-July Wesley Koolhof Holland / Neal Skupski Britannia, but the grip fizzled out in the super tiebreak, where a 7–3 lead turned bitterly into an 8–10 loss.
The supertiebreak started perfectly from Harri Heliövaara and Lloyd Glasspool and they led it 5–1, 6–2 and 7–4. Then the duo failed in their two consecutive servings, and the opponent turned on the charm gear, taking a 9–7 lead and eventually a decisive 10–8 victory.
– It was all about the little things. Now it’s really, really sad. In my opinion, it was not a particularly good match from us. We won the opening set and even led the match tie break, so basically the match was ours. You shouldn’t lose these.
– It’s tough, tough. I don’t know if there were a few wrong choices in passes. The opponents had clearly also read our passes in advance, they knew where we aimed our passes. That’s probably what it came down to, a disappointed Heliövaara told Tennisliito.
Heliövaara/Glasspool will play in the Cincinnati Masters tournament next week. There is also Emil Ruusuvuori.
From the breakthrough season, Heliövaara received almost 270,000 dollars
Heliövaara claimed half of the prize pool worth 45,456 euros from his place in the quarter-finals of the Montreal doubles Masters. For example, Emil Ruusuvuori improved his own annual earnings in the opening round of the Montreal singles Stan Wawrinka– a profit of only 42019 euros.
Heliövaara, 33, has now earned a total of $269,561 (career earnings $564,438) from his breakout season in doubles. He is ranked 27th in the doubles world rankings.
In the current season, Heliövaara’s best doubles achievements are the Hamburg ATP 500 tournament victory in July ($54,385) and the London ATP 500 tournament final place in June ($34,965).
The Finnish doubles tennis ace Emil Ruusuvuori, 23, is ranked 44th in the world and he has amassed $736,178 in singles earnings in 2022 (career earnings $1,869,162).
Ruusuvuori’s best achievement this year is a place in the finals of the Indian ATP 250 tournament in February (loss to Joao Sousa 6-7, 6-4, 1-6).