Krajicek, ranked 25th in the ATP doubles rankings, and Mektic, ranked 24th, took the opening set with a break game, but Heliövaara and Patten opened the second set with two break points and finally settled the set with a score of 6–2. In the deciding set, played to ten points, the situation was evenly tied at 8–8, until the world leaders finally took theirs with a score of 10–8.
This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.
World number one men's doubles tennis player Harri Heliövaara and his British partner Henry Patten advanced to the next round of the ATP tournament in Vienna on Wednesday. The eight-pair tournament was a close affair, but in the end Heliövaara and Patten advanced with a 2–1 win over American Austin Krajicek and Croatian Nikola Mektic. Krajicek, ranked 25th in the ATP doubles rankings, and Mektic, ranked 24th, took the opening set with a break po…