By Glenys FurnessHenry Patten & Harri Heliovaara claimed 3rd titleBrit/Fin win back to back trophiesDUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Henry Patten & Harri Heliovaara claimed third title of the year, lifting the trophy in the ATP 500 event.

 

 

Henry Patten & Harri Heliovaara were the third seeds in Dubai. The Brit/Fin drew Yuki Bhambri & Andre Goransson in the first round. The Indian/Swede found the seeds too strong in the first set, as Patten & Heliovaara dominated and took the lead. The second set was a little closer, as Bhambri & Goransson started to find their game. However, the seeds secured the break of serve and moved into the next round in straight sets 6-1, 6-4.

In the quarter-final the seeds were against Alexander Bublik & Juncheng Shang. However, the Kazakh/Chinese pair were unable to take to the court, after a very hard fought match in the first round. This handed the win to Pattne & Heliovaara who moved into the semi-final without striking a ball 0-0 (RET).

The semi-final saw the third seeds against top seeds Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool. Fittingly, this was a very close match. The first set saw both pairs stay close at the start. Eventually, Patten & Heliovaara broke serve and moved ahead. The second set was even closer. Neither pair could get a decisive break of serve and so a tiebreak ensued. In the breaker, the third seeds eased through and moved into the next round 6-4, 7-6(4).

In the final, the Brit/Fin were against second seeds Marcelo Arevalo & Mate Pavic. This was the closest match to date. Patten & Heliovaara and the second seeds fought hard. Eventually, it was the third seeds that managed to break serve right at the end of both sets, to avoid tiebreaks, lifting the title in straight sets 7-5, 7-5.

 

 

Doubles Round Up

Neal Skupski with Christian Harrison were defeated by Guido Andreozzi & Manuel Guinard in the first round in Acapulco 7-6(3), 7-6(6).

Luke Johnson with Jan Zielinski were defeated by Flavio Cobolli & Grigor Dimitrov in the first round in Acapulco 7-6(6), 2-6, 10-8.

Madeleine Brooks with Shuo Feng were defeated by Katarzyna Piter & Janice Tjen in the first round in Merida 7-6(8), 6-3.

Maia Lumsden with Isabelle Haverlag were defeated by Cristina Bucsa & Xinyu Jiang in the final in Merida 6-4, 6-1.

Emily Appleton with Alexa Guarachi were defeated by Eudice Chong & En-Shuo Liang in the quarter-final in Austin 6-0, 6-1.

David Stevenson with Cleeve Harper were defeated by Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli & Theodore Winegar in the first round in St Brieuc 6-2, 3-6, 10-7.

Joshua Paris & Marcus Willis were defeated by Arthur Reymond & Luca Sanchez in the semi-final in St Brieuc 7-6(8), 6-4.

Mark Whitehouse with Jan Jermar were defeated by Henry Bernet & Remy Bertola in the first round in Lugano 7-6(4), 7-6(12).

Jay Clarke with Michael Geerts were defeated by Pruchya Isaro & Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha in the quarter-final in Pune 0-0 (RET).

James Beaven & Sean Hodkin were defeated by Georgii Kravchenko & Giorgio Tabacco in the first round in Vale Do Lobo 6-4, 6-2.

Matthew Howse & Alex Solonenko were defeated by Georgii Kravchenko & Giorgio Tabacco in the quarter-final in Vale Do Lobo 6-2, 6-2.

Giles Hussey & Oscar Weightman were defeated by Joao Domingues & Diogo Marques in the semi-final in Vale Do Lobo 0-0 (RET).

Harriet Dart with Viktoria Hruncakova were defeated by Angelica Moratelli & Camilla Rosatello in the semi-final in Porto 3-6, 6-4, 10-5.

Stefan Cooper with Matt Ponchet were defeated by Jan Klimas & Jan Kumstat in the first round in Pszcyna 6-4, 6-4.

Liam Hignett with Jannik Opitz were defeated by Oskari Paldanius & Alan Wazny in the first round in Pszcyna 4-6, 6-3, 10-5.

Tom Hands & Harry Wendelken were defeated by Daniel Masur & Olle Wallin in the final in Pszcyna 7-5, 6-3.

Blu Baker with Billy Suarez were defeated by Juan Bolivar Idarraga & Juan Carlos Fuentes Vasquez in the semi-final in San Jose 6-1, 6-7(3), 10-5.

Millen Hurrion with Vasilios Caripi were defeated by Peter Alam & Liro Vasa in the first round in Villena 6-3, 7-5.

Emile Hudd & Joe Leather were defeated by Dali Blanch & Asim Hashem in the quarter-final in Villena 0-6, 6-3, 10-4.

Lauryn John-Baptiste & Eliz Maloney were defeated by Merel Hoedt & Valentina Mediorreal Arias in the final in Manacor 6-4, 7-5.

Adam Jones & Toby Martin defeated Maxwell Exsted & Miguel Tobon in the final in Naples, Florida 6-4, 6-2.

James Markiewicz with Tom Zeuch were defeated by Tuncay Duran & Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi in the semi-final in Sharm-El-Sheikh 3-6, 6-3, 11-9.

Alicia Dudeney with Elena Malygina were defeated by Aneta Kucmova & Aneta Laboutkova in the quarter-final in Trnava 6-3, 6-0.

Lucius Gutteridge & Finn Lester were defeated by Charles Dossetter & Nathan Fekadu in the first round in Monastir 6-1, 6-2.

Charles Dossetter with Nathan Fekadu were defeated by Isaac Becroft & Anton Shepp in the quarter-final in Monastir 6-1, 6-4.

Allegra Korpanec Davies with Eva Desvignes were defeated by Anchisa Chanta & Thasaporn Naklo in the first round in Gurugram 6-4, 6-4.

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