Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson advanced to the semi-finals.
STT Sports,
Jonne Niemeläinen
Harri Heliövaara suffered his British counterpart of Henry Patten with a loss and dropped out of the ATP Masters tennis tournament men’s doubles quarterfinals in Paris.
The duo had to bow to Australia For Max Purcell and For Jordan Thompson reading 7–6, 1–6, 10–12.
– It was even a tougher defeat, Heliövaara lamented.
In a way, it was also a rematch, as the pairs had already met on the court in the summer in the Wimbledon final. At that time, the battle ended with the victory of Heliövaara and Patten.
– The match was as tight as it was at Wimbledon in the summer. It felt like we had some chances in the third period, but they held their own in tight spots. There were a few sad failures, Sad, Heliövaara summed up.
Heliövaara and Patten’s year will culminate in a little over a week in the doubles of the final tournament of the ATP tour. The tournament will be played in Turin. The couple is training for the tournament in Finland.
– Probably Nieminen Jarkko will come to do some training with us.