Double act - Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara during their successful Wimbledon campaign, earlier this summer (Image: Mike Egerton/PA)
MANNINGTREE tennis ace Henry Patten and his partner Harri Heliovaara have bowed out of the US Open at the third-round stage.
The reigning Wimbledon doubles champions lost 6-2, 6-2 to number 11 seeds Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and Croatian, Nikola Mektic at the Flushing Meadows event, in New York.
Henry Patten & Harri Heliovaara lose out at the @usopen #BackTheBrits 🇬🇧 | #USOpen pic.twitter.com/kFaXMNKMSA
— LTA (@the_LTA) September 2, 2024
Patten and his Finnish partner Heliovaara were the sixth seeds at the US Open having been unseeded when they won Wimbledon, in July.
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