Heliovaara and Patten through another tiebreak finale to reach Wimbledon semis

[p]It means a return to the semi-finals at SW19 for the Finn and Brit the first time since they lifted the trophy two years ago, but they've done it the hard way, [b]needing to win a 10-point tiebreak for the third match in a row.[/b][/p][p]Just as they did in the previous round, the world number one pair went a set down, but unlike their 5-7 start against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pavlasek-adam/EmouDEJm/"]Adam Pavlasek[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rikl-patrik/r5IEmPRO/"]Patrik Rikl[/a], this one was more comprehensive, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreozzi-guido/jsEQiWCq/"]Andreozzi[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guinard-manuel/Yi4YPuke/"]Guinard[/a] forced a loss of serve twice in succession, taking a 4-0 lead before easily holding out to take it, 6-2.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heliovaara-harri/OYcuApkE/"]Heliovaara[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/patten-henry/tzbx2iwG/"]Patten[/a] then needed to save four break points in the opening game of the second set, but that was their only real scare before [b]a very uncharacteristic loss of serve from the eighth seeds in game 10 - in which they didn't take a single point - handed the set, 6-4, to the top-ranked pair.[/b][/p][embed guid="0bb3096b-e96d-44e1-a642-b7cfd8e98df8" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMi4ItmUm_g" social-type="youtube" /][p]Neither duo would give the other such gifts in the third set, which only once went to deuce and had no break point chances, setting up a 10-point tiebreak.[/p][p]The Argentinian and Frenchman came back from 3-1 down to level at 3-3 and 4-4 after six of the first eight points went against serve, [b]but it was Heliovaara and Patten who found their rhythm the sooner, winning five of the next six points and securing the tiebreak 10-6 with their second match point to take [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/heliovaara-h-OYcuApkE/patten-h-tzbx2iwG/?mid=Kb7KK88C"]the victory[/a].[/b][/p][p]The former champions will take on Australia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kokkinakis-thanasi/rBm7dcxH/"]Thanasi Kokkinakis[/a] and the United States' [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kovacevic-aleksandar/AudsF90U/"]Aleksandar Kovacevic[/a] in the semi-finals.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-doubles/wimbledon/"]Follow Wimbledon 2026 on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]