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Heliovaara and Patten to the final in Beijing Sports

Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten took a convincing victory in the Beijing semi-final.

11:16•Updated 12:10

Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten advanced to the final in doubles of the Peling ATP500 tournament. The Finnish-British duo won the pair in the semi-final Jamie Murray/John Peers 7–5, 6–1.

Heliövaara and Patten lost the opening set 3–5, but then took complete control of the match. Heliövaara played with Peers at the beginning of the year without any notable success.

Wimbledon winners Heliövaara and Patten will face the Italians, ranked number one in the tournament, in the final Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. Heliövaara and Patten are ranked third. They defeated the Italians in the opening round of Wimbledon.

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