{"id":412038,"date":"2024-07-13T21:45:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T21:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=412038"},"modified":"2024-07-14T00:05:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T00:05:50","slug":"it-just-sucks-wimbledon-epic-ends-in-aussie-heartbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=412038","title":{"rendered":"'It just sucks': Wimbledon epic ends in Aussie heartbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian duo Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson<\/a> were unable to convert three separate championship points in an epic three-hour Wimbledon<\/a> men's doubles final.<\/p>\n

They eventually lost in a three-set thriller to unseeded pair Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara 6-7 (7), 7-6 (8), 7-6 (11-9).<\/p>\n

Heliovaara became the first Finnish man to win the Wimbledon doubles and sank to his knees in tears after he and Patten converted their second match point.<\/p>\n

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He then put his head on his partner's shoulder, still sobbing, as they sat in their chairs and waited for the trophy presentation.<\/p>\n

"The tears say it all," Heliovaara said. "It's very emotional."<\/p>\n

\"Jordan<\/p>\n

Patten is the third British man in the professional era to win the men's doubles at the All England Club, joining Jonathan Marray in 2012 and Neal Skupski last year.<\/p>\n

Playing on Centre Court following the women's singles final, the duo never had a break point in the match and missed a set point in the first set after coming from 6-1 down in the tiebreaker to lead 7-6.<\/p>\n

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In the second set, they saved a match point at 6-5 and two more in the tiebreaker, where they trailed 5-2 before beginning their turnaround.<\/p>\n

In the third-set tiebreaker, the 15th-seeded Thompson and Purcell also led 7-6 but couldn't close it out.<\/p>\n

"Obviously couldn't have been a closer match," Patten said. "I can\u2019t really remember what happened to be honest."<\/p>\n

\"Harri<\/p>\n

The Aussie pair never faced a break point, hit 19 more winners and won 10 more points, in the near three-hour epic.<\/p>\n

"Plain and simple, it just sucks," Thompson said.<\/p>\n

"You know, we had match points, one point away from being a Wimbledon doubles champion."<\/p>\n

Having played 30 matches together this year, this was only Purcell and Thompson's fifth loss.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"They did it the hard way, they deserved it," Purcell said.<\/p>\n

"I'm proud we made the final. It's the best run that Jordan and I have had at a Slam, we can't be mad."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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