Top seeds Heliovaara and Patten pushed hard again but reach Wimbledon last eight

[p]Their [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/heliovaara-h-OYcuApkE/patten-h-tzbx2iwG/?mid=zRTPgjGk"]straight-sets win[/a] in the first round was by no means straightforward, before the Finn and Brit had to dig deep to beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kiger-mac/Quj2RfSm/"]Mac Kiger[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trhac-patrik/fP6WABo4/"]Patrik Trhac[/a] in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/heliovaara-h-OYcuApkE/patten-h-tzbx2iwG/?mid=jmcNIFrC"]three sets[/a] in the second round.[/p][p]The third round managed to bring a new kind of pressure for [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] at this year's Wimbledon, as they went a set down for the first time in the competition. A loss of serve in game three looked inconsequential as they broke back immediately in the next game. [/p][p]The momentum looked to be continuing despite not taking either break point chance in game eight, [b]only for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pavlasek-adam/EmouDEJm/"]Pavlasek[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rikl-patrik/r5IEmPRO/"]Rikl[/a] to break through again in the 11th game and wrap up the set 7-5 in the next.[/b][/p][p]However, the top seeds again showed exactly why they are ranked so highly [b]by forcing a break of serve at the first opportunity in the second set[/b], racing into a 3-0 lead, and in a much more fluid set, that was all they needed to take it, 6-3.[/p][embed guid="5c3a890f-3d9e-4a45-992c-7dfe32a31574" url="https://x.com/the_LTA/status/2073744869642633280" social-type="twitter" /][p]In the final set, the match turned against Heliovaara and Patten when the Czechs broke serve in game four en route to building a 4-1 lead, but yet again the world number ones showed their mettle, breaking back in game seven before levelling the set at 4-4.[/p][p]Serve being held for the next four games set up a 10-point tiebreak to settle the match, in which Heliovaara and Patten were leading 4-3 before [b]back-to-back losses of serve from the unseeded duo saw the Finnish-British pair go 6-3 and then 7-3 up[/b], only for their opponents to break back before closing to 7-6.[/p][p]Two more holds from the favourites set up match point, [b]which they took at the first time of asking on the Czechs' serve, winning the tiebreak 10-6[/b] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/heliovaara-h-OYcuApkE/patten-h-tzbx2iwG/?mid=YLTTB6IN"]the match[/a] to take their place in the last eight.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-doubles/wimbledon/"]Follow Flashscore for every match at Wimbledon 2026.[/a][/b][/p]