Heliövaara can get his old double -game Lloyd Glasspool in the semi -finals.
Tennis Finnish doubles star Harri Heliövaara and her British pair Henry Patten proceed to the semi-finals in the ATP tournament in Miami, USA.
The Finnish-British couple advances on the free time after their US opponent Sebastian Korda decided to withdraw from the quarter -finals. Korda’s withdrawal is reported, among other things, by AFP news agency.
Heliövaara and Patten were due to face Korda and Australian in the quarterfinals Jordan Thompson Tuesday local time.
In the semi -finals, Heliövaara and Patten will face the winner’s quarter -finals, which is due to play local time on Wednesday. Continuing to progress either to India Yuki Bhambri and Portuguese Nuno Borges or the British Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool.
Glasspool is a former pair of doubles in Heliövaara. Bhambri, for its part, dropped Heliövaara and Patten’s Indian Wells ATP earlier this month Andre Göransson with.
Korda on wrist problems in a single game
Korda had a Frenchman on Tuesday in singles Gael Monfilswhich he won by Erin 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
According to AFP, Korda had problems with her wrist during the match. After his victory, he said that he had been troubled by an injury that had caused him problems before.
“At the moment it’s pretty painful, let’s see what’s going on tomorrow,” he said, according to AFP.
– I haven’t played a lot of tournaments this year. Hope I can play good tennis, he continued.
Kordan is due to meet in the quarter -finals of the Serbian star Novak Djokovic Local time on Wednesday.
The Miami tournament is the second Masters level competition of the season.