Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten won Novak Djokovic and Fernando Verdasco in the ATP tournament.
19.2. 19: 23 • Updated 19.2. 20:37
Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten showed the know -how of double -game double Grand Slam winners for a double -game superstars Novak for Djokovic and Fernando for Verdasco In the quarterfinals of the Doha ATP500 Tournament. The match ended with a victory of the Finnish-British duo 7-5, 6-4.
At the same time, Verdasco ended his career. The 41-year-old Spanish has hardly played since 2023, but now ended his career with a 24-time Grand Slam tournament winner Djokovic.
Heliövaara and Patten of Wimbledon and Australia’s Open Masters were very close to the transitions several times and took one break in both batches. They also clarified all three opponents’ burglaries.
– I have to admit that it was a bit different from the ordinary round of the four -game. There was a legend of the sport, perhaps an all -time double player, and another highly sealed player who played the last tournament of his career, Heliövaara said immediately after the match of Doha.
– A bit of it had to rub his eyes, so that Novak is being thrown here with a coin.
The audience was also more than the usual four -game match and it was loud. However, the situation did not interfere with Heliövaara and Patten.
– We have such a strong bubble that we are not easily disturbed by our own game.
The match against double players is different from the other four players, but Heliövaara and Patten made their own.
Djokovic is considered the world’s best feedback. How did Heliövaara suffer from Serb’s feedback?
– If you can praise yourself, I fed one of the best matches of my career. For example, I fed to Djokovic, except for the two in the field. Yes, he also obeys the number one feeds. No one seems to get them back. It’s a pretty self -confidence thing.
The Heliövaara and Patten game is still in a very good stroke.
– There are not many weeks of Australia’s Open win and we are in a good winning streak. As you continue, anything is possible.
After the match, Djokovic congratulated the duo for the Australian Open victory and wished a similar sequel.