Heliovaara and Patten Reach Wimbledon Quarter-Finals With 10-6 Super Tiebreak Comeback

3 articles · Updated · Wimbledon Guardian · Jul 5

A 10-6 super tiebreak sent top seeds Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten into the Wimbledon men’s doubles quarter-finals after they rallied past Adam Pavlasek and Patrik Rikl 5-7, 6-3, 7-6.
The comeback came after the Czech pair built a 4-1 lead in the deciding set, helped by Patten double faults and uneven serving from the Roland Garros finalists.
Heliovaara and Patten steadied in the second set, then saved two key break points in the third before reeling the Czechs back in and closing the final three points of the tiebreak.
The pair, already pushed to three tiebreak sets in round two, next face Guido Andreozzi of Argentina and France’s Manuel Guinard for a place in the semi-finals.

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