A year after suffering a semifinal exit on debut at the prestigious season finale, Heliovaara and Patten this time marched to a 6-4, 6-3 last-four victory against Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. The Finnish-British duo produced a stunning all-around display to overwhelm their Italian opponents and nullify the partisan atmosphere inside Inalpi Arena.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe had to dig deep yesterday, but we were ready for this semifinal,\u201d said Heliovaara. \u201cI think we really enjoyed being out on court. We had more experience, and we just executed exactly what we wanted to do today,\u201d he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Patten advancing to the championship match continued Great Britain\u2019s dominance in the doubles competition at this year\u2019s ATP Finals. He and Heliovaara will on Sunday take on an all-British duo in the championship match: Top seeds and Year-End ATP Doubles No. 1 trophy-winning team Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, or Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Heliovaara and Patten converted the only break point of the opening set at 1-1, 30\/40 to move ahead in Saturday\u2019s semifinal, while they also decisively broke serve in the third game of the second. Patten, who started the week in Turin by getting engaged to his partner Ellie Stone, served a double fault at 3-2, 40\/30 to gift Bolelli and Vavassori a chance to break at Deuce deciding point, but he followed that with a nerveless lefty serve out wide to clinch the game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
That proved to be the final moment of peril for Heliovaara and Patten on serve, and the pair soon closed out for a 76-minute victory in which they finished the match having won 87 per cent (20\/23) of points behind first serves, according to Infosys ATP Stats. They now hold a 3-1 ATP head-to-head series lead over Bolelli and Vavassori, having also prevailed in the two teams\u2019 Australian Open semi-final clash earlier this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Heliovaara and Patten converted the only break point of the opening set at 1-1, 30\/40 to move ahead in Saturday\u2019s semifinal, while they also decisively broke serve in the third game of the second. Patten, who started the week in Turin by getting engaged to his partner Ellie Stone, served a double fault at 3-2, 40\/30 to gift Bolelli and Vavassori a chance to break at Deuce deciding point, but he followed that with a nerveless lefty serve out wide to clinch the game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 36-year-old Heliovaara and 29-year-old Patten will on Sunday play for their eighth tour-level title as a team, and their second indoor title of the year after they lifted the Paris Masters title earlier this month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n