ATP Tour

Cash/Glasspool save 3 MPs, sink defending Wimbledon champs Heliovaara/Patten

Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool came up clutch when it mattered most on Wednesday at Wimbledon, where they saved three match points to sink defending champions Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(8)

The British stars are now riding a 12-match winning streak into the semi-finals at SW19, having won consecutive grass-court titles at Queen’s Club and Eastbourne. Serving at 5-6, 0/40 in the third set, Cash fired two unreturned serves before Glasspool hit a sumptuous drop volley to save a third consecutive match point, and they then served out the game to force a Match Tie-break.

“We have learned a lot about each other and what each other needs,” Cash said of his partnership with Glasspool. “We are pretty level-headed. The confidence that we have built, especially over this grass period, really helps in those moments and keeps us calmer than we normally would be. We back ourselves as individuals and as a team.”

Cash and Glasspool are into the last four at Wimbledon for the first time in their careers. The fifth seeds made their team debut in August 2024 and have since won five tour-level trophies together.

Having defeated Heliovaara and Patten for the third time this year, Cash and Glasspool improved to 3-0 in the Lexus ATP Head2Head series between the two teams. They will face a semi-final meeting with Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.

“Being able to get over the line again against them, twice on the grass, speaks volumes,” said Glasspool, having also defeated Heliovaara/Patten en route to the title at Queen’s Club. “We are on 12 matches [unbeaten], I have never done that in my life before. You get in that mindset that you expect to win even if it’s completely delusional.”

Cash and Glasspool are third in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings, now just 575 points behind second-placed Heliovaara and Patten. The British pair is aiming to make its team debut at the Nitto ATP Finals in November.

Granollers and Zeballos, who reached the Wimbledon final in 2023, overcame British duo Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski 7-6(6), 7-6(3) to return to the last four.