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Henry Patten has reached his first Wimbledon men’s doubles final by knocking out fellow Briton and 2023 champion Neal Skupski.<\/b><\/p>\n
Patten, alongside Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara, beat ninth seeds Skupski and Michael Venus of New Zealand 6-4 7-6 (7-1) on Court One.<\/p>\n
They will face Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson in Saturday’s final after the Australian duo defeated Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos of Spain and Argentina respectively in straight sets.<\/p>\n
The unseeded pair broke Venus’ serve at the start of the match and held their break advantage right through a tense opening set.<\/p>\n
The second set stayed on serve with underdogs Patten and Heliovaara dominating the tie-break.<\/p>\n
Incredibly, Patten, 28, had not gone beyond the third round of a Grand Slam before this fortnight and has only won two tournaments on tour, both with Heliovaara who he started partnering this year.<\/p>\n
They are on a dream run having also squeezed past French Open winners Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic in a match-deciding tie-break in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
Skupski was hoping to reach his second successive final having lifted the title with previous partner Wesley Koolhof<\/a> of the Netherlands last year.<\/p>\n He competes in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles with American partner Desirae Krawczyk later on Thursday.<\/p>\n Venus, a former partner of Jamie Murray, finished runner-up in the men’s doubles in 2018.<\/p>\n While Heliovaara, who won the mixed doubles title at the US Open last year, is into his first men’s Grand Slam doubles final.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n