Doubles
Money/Glasspool save MP to take Tokyo title
British duo wins ATP 500 in second occasion collectively
October 01, 2024
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Julian Money and Lloyd Glasspool clinch a nerve-wracking championship-match win on Tuesday in Tokyo.
By ATP Employees
Julian Money and Lloyd Glasspool dug deep to clinch a maiden ATP Tour title early of their fledgling partnership Tuesday on the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships.
The 2 Britons overcame Ariel Behar and Robert Galloway 6-4, 4-6, 12/10 to elevate the trophy in simply their second occasion collectively on the ATP 500 in Tokyo. Money and Glasspool have been getting ready to defeat when match level down at 9/10 within the Match Tie-break, however they reeled off three factors in a row from there to seal a 78-minute triumph.
🏆 Doubles champions in Tokyo 🏆
British duo Money and Glasspool elevate the trophy after defeating Galloway/Behar 6-4 4-6 [12-10]!@japanopentennis | #kinoshitajotennis pic.twitter.com/ilgJcbKMzE
— ATP Tour (@atptour) October 1, 2024
Each groups produced rock-solid serving performances inside Ariake Coliseum, the place every completed the match having received 82 per cent (37/45) of factors behind first deliveries, based on Infosys ATP Stats. But Money and Glasspool, who final week reached the Hangzhou quarter-finals of their first event collectively, held their nerve late on to develop into the second all-British pair to triumph in Tokyo after Andy Murray and Jamie Murray in 2011.
It was the most important title of Money’s profession and his third tour-level crown general after the 28-year-old lifted two ATP 250 crowns alongside his Tokyo championship-match opponent Galloway earlier this 12 months. Glasspool is now a five-time ATP Tour champion after profitable his second ATP 500 title (Hamburg 2022 w/Heliovaara).
Heliovaara/Patten rally for Beijing last spot On the China Open, Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten recovered from a gradual begin to notch a formidable semi-final victory in opposition to Jamie Murray and John Friends.
The third-seeded pair, which lifted its maiden main title at Wimbledon in July, prevailed 7-5, 6-1 to seal a last spot on debut on the ATP 500 in Beijing. Heliovaara and Patten had trailed 2-5 within the opening set however went onto convert 5 of 10 break factors they earned of their 79-minute win.
At present seventh within the PIF ATP Dwell Doubles Groups Rankings as they chase a spot on the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals, Heliovaara and Patten will tackle high seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in Wednesday’s last. The Italian pair, which is third within the Dwell Doubles Groups Rankings defeated Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic 7-6(1), 6-2 to succeed in its fifth tour-level title match of 2024.
