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Heliovaara and Patten reach Eastbourne last four with Wimbledon on horizon

Harri Heliovaara in action in Hamburg last month
Harri Heliovaara in action in Hamburg last monthČTK / imago sportfotodienst / Fernando Soares
After a setback last week in the Semi-finals at Queen's, Finland's Harri Heliovaara and his British doubles partner Henry Patten still have a chance to win a grass court title before defending their Wimbledon title, as the two today won their Quarter-final match at Eastbourne against Francisco Comesana and Luciano Darderi.

The pair got through their First Round match on England's south coast in straight sets, beating Fernando Romboli of Brazil and JP Smith of Australia 6-3, 6-3.

That set up their Quarter-final with Argentinian Comesana and Darderi of Italy, who survived seven break points across the first set to take it to a tiebreak.

Despite losing serve once, the number one seeded pair finally made their dominance count, breaking three times to take a 7-3 tiebreak win for a 7-6 victory in the first set.

Having broken their opponents' resistence, Heliovaara and Patten broke serve early in the second set, eventually taking a 3-0 advantage. 

By defending their own serve, they did more than enough to earn themselves a spot in the Semi-finals, closing out a 7-6, 6-3 victory.

They will face Ariel Behar of Uruguay and Joran Vliegen of Belgium in the last four, which will be played tomorrow.

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