Harri Heliövaara and Lloyd Glasspool won the pair Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies 6–4, 6–2 in the French Open.
25.5. 19:36 • Updated May 25th. 21:13
Harri Heliövaara and his British couple Lloyd Glasspool started the French Open tennis tournament with a handsome win.
In the opening round, the Finnish-British couple faced the German pair celebrating the victory of the French Open in 2019 and 2020 Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies. In this year’s tournament, the Germans were ranked ninth.
Heliövaara and Glasspool played convincingly and were a stronger looking pair on the field from the start. They won the opening round with one feed break 6-4.
In the second installment, Heliövaara and Glasspool broke the feeds of both Germans at the beginning of the installment and advanced to the 4–0 lead. In situation 4–1, a physiotherapist came to the field to massage the Man’s foot.
It hardly helped the Germans. Heliövaara and Glasspool already had three match balls in the 5-1 situation. At that time, the match was not over, but Heliövaara took home the victory after that.
– A very disciplined match and really good decisions from point to point – it was rewarded with a win. Above all, good feelings as the matches continue. Let’s enjoy and move on, Heliövaara stated in a statement from the Tennis Association.
Heliövaara and Glasspool are playing for the first time in the main series of the French Open. The second round will come against Uruguay Ariel Behar and Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar.