Thompson Purcell, Heliovaara Patten reach US Open R3
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a champions a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/harri-heliovaara/h808/overview'Harri Heliovaara/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henry-patten/p0g6/overview'Henry Patten/a advanced into the third round of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a Friday with a 6-0, 7-5 win over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dominic-stricker/s0la/overview'Dominic Stricker/a. /p
pThe sixth seeds won 91 per cent of first-serve points to overcome their opponents in 66 minutes. /p
pThe pair are fifth in the PIF ATP Rankings Doubles Race and are vying for their second successive Grand Slam after their nail-biting 6-7(9), 7-6(8), 7-6(9) victory at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/max-purcell/ph71/overview'Max Purcell/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a. They have won two ATP Tour titles this year in Marrakech and Lyon. /p
p Heliovaara and Patten will face either a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/wesley-koolhof/kc41/overview'Wesley Koolhof/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nikola-mektic/mf09/overview'Nikola Mektic/a or Brazilians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-matos/mo41/overview'Rafael Matos/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcelo-melo/m919/overview'Marcelo Melo/a in the third round. /p
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p a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maximo-gonzalez/g585/overview'Maximo Gonzalez/a anda href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andres/a132/overview' Andres/a Molteni also progressed to the next round with a narrow 6-7(2), 7-6(4), 6-4 victory over all-American pairing a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robert-cash/c0e0/overview'Robert Cash/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jj-tracy/t0fz/overview'JJ Tracy/a. The Argentinians crucially broke at 5-4 up in the deciding set to seal victory in 2 hours, 19 minutes. /p
pThe pair reached the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows last year, falling to eventual winners a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rajeev-ram/r548/overview'Rajeev Ram/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joe-salisbury/so70/overview'Joe Salisbury/a 6-4, 6-3. They will face second seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rohan-bopanna/b757/overview'Rohan Bopanna/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matthew-ebden/e690/overview'Matthew Ebden/a in the next round. Bopanna/Ebden came through 6-2, 6-4 against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roberto-carballes-baena/cf59/overview'Roberto Carballes Baena/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/federico-coria/ce77/overview'Federico Coria/a. nbsp;nbsp;/p
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/neal-skupski/sl22/overview'Neal Skupski/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-venus/v576/overview'Michael Venus/a booked their place in the third round with a 7-6(4), 6-4 win over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/guido-andreozzi/a887/overview'Guido Andreozzi/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nsriram-balaji/n558/overview'N.Sriram Balaji/a. Aussies a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/max-purcell/ph71/overview'Max Purcell/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a rallied back to defeat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andreas-mies/mj40/overview'Andreas Mies/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-patrick-smith/sj55/overview'John-Patrick Smith/a 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3. There were also victories for German tenth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kevin-krawietz/kb92/overview'Kevin Krawietz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tim-puetz/pc68/overview'Tim Puetz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yuki-bhambri/bf55/overview'Yuki Bhambri/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/albano-olivetti/o411/overview'Albano Olivetti/a./p
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