British player Glasspool kept the pair upright in tight moments.
London
It was needed full five rounds and a fair dose of drama until Harri Heliövaara and a British couple Lloyd Glasspool advanced to the third round of the Wimbledon tennis tournament in doubles.
Glasspool and Heliövaara took down the Norwegian-American pair Casper Ruud–William Blumberg 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4.
The match was decided when Blumberg lost his serve at the end. With the situation tied at 30–30, Heliövaara dug out the best knuckle return of the match from somewhere in the depths of his shots, and with that the match ball was released, where Heliövaara was able to hit a flying shot at Ruud’s feet after Glasspool’s answer. The match and actually the agonizing tension ended there.
The ventilation and joy in Heliövaara was such that it felt like big dams and pains had been released. Before the last game, playing Heliövaara was difficult, frankly very difficult. Easy mistakes followed one another and Glasspool kept the pair up.
Fortunately for the couple, the doubles game is a team game, where the joint contribution of both is decisive.
The match the most dramatic moment was experienced in the fifth set when Glasspool served in a 4–4 situation. If the pair had lost their opening, the struggle would very likely have been over.
Glasspool had a 0-40 loss in his pitching, but from then on only put up winning shots. He withstood the pressure in a dazzling way at the end.
Norwegian Ruud is number six on the singles ATP list and as a very hard-hitting player is also dangerous in doubles, although he doesn’t play it very often. At times, he messed up the game with his hard punches, but he couldn’t turn the match either.
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