Finland's Heliovaara and GB's Patten knock out French duo to reach Doubles Final
<p>Having never reached the Semi-finals at Roland Garros before this year, the Finnish/British pair now have the opportunity to add the French Open to their 2024 Wimbledon and 2025 Australian Open crowns.</p><p><strong>The second seeds will face either first seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos, or fifth seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in what is set to be a high-quality Final on Saturday 6th June.</strong></p><p>Local favourites Halys and Herbert were the fifth unseeded duo to have come up against Heliovaara and Patten in the tournament so far, and while the Final will be a step up in class, there is no doubting the pair's form - they have won all 10 of their sets so far without needing a tiebreak, including in this match where they were up against a two-time champion and career Grand Slam winner in Herbert.</p><p>The latest two of those were wrapped up in one hour 16 minutes - in the firsr set, the breakthrough came in the sixth game, <strong>when a pair of unforced errors and a double fault from Herbert handed a 4-2 lead to the Finn and Brit, who then both held serve comfortably to take the opener, 6-3.</strong></p><p>The pressure appeared to be getting to Herbert as his serve began the second set, <strong>but another two double faults put the Frenchmen on the back foot, and Heliovaara and Patten broke serve again.</strong></p><p>However, they came close to breaking back in the fourth game, going 40-0 up only for Heliovaara to save three break points, which included a rare ace from the 36-year-old.</p><p>That was the closest the French pair came, and though they managed to save two match points when serving in game nine, <strong>Heliovaara and Patten got the job done on the Essex man's serve in the next game to secure a 6-3, 6-4 win for a place in the Final.</strong></p><p><strong>Follow all the Semi-finals and Finals at the 2026 French Open on Flashscore.</strong></p>