By Glenys FurnessHenry Patten made the final of QueensBrit and his Finnish partner were the top seedsQUEENS, LONDON, UK – Henry Patten & Harri Heliovaara were the top seeds at the ATP 500 event. The Brit/Fin made the final.

 

 

Henry Patten & Harri Heliovaara were the top seeds at the Queens Club. The pair drew Guido Andreozzi & Manuel Guinard in the first round. The seeds soon broke serve in the first set to take the lead. Andreozzi & Guinard were unable to break back and the set was gone. The second set was more of the same as Patten & Heliovaara broke early and moved into the next round in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.

In the quarter-final to top seeds were against David Stevenson & Marcus Willis. The Brits got off to the better start, breaking the serve of Patten & Heliovaara to take the lead. The second set saw the top seeds re-group, breaking early to level up the match. In the ensuing match tiebreak, the Brit/Fin eased through to take the win 4-6, 6-3, 10-4.

The semi-final saw Patten & Heliovaara against the third seeds Neal Skupski & Christian Harrison. The top seeds got the vital break of serve required in the first set to move ahead. However, in the second set, Skupski & Harrison broke early and levelled up the match. The ensuing match tiebreak saw the top seeds stroll through and into the final 6-4, 3-6, 10-3.

In the final the Brit/Fin were against the fourth seeds Marcelo Arevalo & Mate Pavic. The Spaniard/Croatian pair dominated the first set, as Patten & Heliovaara struggled on serve. The fourth seeds eased through and took the lead. The second set was a little closer, the Brit/Fin battled hared, however, eventually the fourth seeds managed to break serve and claim the title 6-2, 6-4.

 

 

Doubles Round Up

Cameron Norrie with Alex De Minaur were defeated by Yuki Bhambri & Michael Venus in the first round at Queens 6-4, 7-5.

Joe Salisbury with Rajeev Ram were defeated by Marcelo Arevalo & Mate Pavic in the first round at Queens. 7-6(3), 6-1.

Luke Johnson with Jan Zielinski were defeated by Neal Skupski & Christian Harrison in the quarter-final at Queens 6-4, 6-4.

Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool were defeated by Marcelo Arevalo & Mate Pavic in the semi-final at Queens 6-4, 6-3.

Tom Hands with Dan Added were defeated by Blake Bayldon & Patrick Harper in the quarter-final in Dublin 6-4, 6-2.

James Mackinaly & Mark Whitehouse were defeated by Jarno Jans & Niels Visker in the final in Dublin 6-4, 6-4.

Luca Pow with Dhakshineswar Suresh were defeated by Kabeer Kapasi & Petro Kuzmenok in the quarter-final in Tulsa 3-6, 6-3, 10-5.

Stefan Cooper with Maxwell Exsted were defeated by Sam Landau & Noah Zamora in the first round in Irvine 6-2, 6-3.

Jasmine Conway with Kaitlyn Carnicella were defeated by Midori Castillo Meza & Brandelyn Fulgenzi in the semi-final in Irvine 6-2, 4-6, 10-8.

Viktor Frydrych & Finn Reilly were defeated by Billy Blaydes & Freddy Blaydes in the first round in Monastir 7-6(4), 6-3.

Louis Allen with Ahmed Mouhan were defeated by Andrea Colombo & Rocco Piatti in the quarter-final in Monastir 6-2, 6-1.

Lois Newberry with Lauren Seye were defeated by Nikola Daubnerova & Lucie Pawlak in the quarter-final in Monastir 6-1, 6-3.

Lucia Cassidy & Summer Yardley were defeated by Francesca Dell’Edera & Matilde Mariani in the quarter-final in Monastir 7-6(1), 7-6(2).

Billy Blaydes & Freddy Blaydes were defeated by Cesar Bouchelaghem & Romain Gales in the semi-final in Monastir 7-6(1), 7-5.

Oscar Brown with Thomas Patton were defeated by Nemanja Bojkovic & Novak Novakovic in the first round in Kursumlijska Banja 5-7, 6-4, 12-10.

Ali Habib with Nikola Matovic were defeated by Marko Maric & Tadija Radovanovic in the quarter-final in Kursumlijska Banja 0-0 (RET).

Jeremy Gschwendtner with Edoardo Cherie Ligniere were defeated by Adrian Constantin & Sebastian Gima in the first round in Constanta 6-3, 6-0.

Melissa Boyden with Madhurima Sawant were defeated by Cristina Dinu & Anastasia Safta in the first round in Bucharest 6-3, 6-1.

Olivia Nicholls with Tereza Mihalikova were defeated by Elise Mertens & Shuai Zhang in the first round in Berlin 6-1, 7-5.

Next Week Brits play in Eastbourne, Wimbledon Qualifying, Portugal, Spain, USA, Tunisia, Serbia, Turkey, Germany,  & Slovenia.