MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori had a point overturned while serving for the first set because of a foul shot, but it only delayed them taking a lead in Saturday's Australian Open men's doubles final against Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten.

Third-seeded Italian duo Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori on Tuesday beat Portugal's Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral in straight sets of 6-4 and 7-6 to book their place in the semifinals of the Australian Open.

Italy's Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori lost the Australian Open men's doubles final 7-6(18/16) 6-7(7/5) 3-6 to the pairing made up of Finland's Harri Heliovaara and Britain's Henry Patten in Melbourne on Saturday after over three hours of combat.

(250126) -- MELBOURNE, Jan. 26, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Harri Heliovaara (L)/Henry Patten celebrate after winning the men's doubles final between Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori of Italy and Harri Heliovaara of Finland/Henry Patten of Britain at Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 25, 2025. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)

Henry Patten is re-writing the history books for the UNC Asheville men's tennis program, and over the weekend Down Under, he added another major chapter.Patten,

Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara have rallied from losing a contentious first set to win the Australian Open men's doubles title 6-7 (16), 7-6 (5), 6-3 over the Italian pairing of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.

Britain's Henry Patten and Finland's Harri Heliovaara won the Australian Open men's doubles title to continue their remarkable start as a pairing at close to 02:00 local time in Melbourne.

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Great Britain's Henry Patten sets his sights on becoming the top-ranked doubles player in the world after winning his second Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.

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Britain's Henry Patten says he and Harri Heliovaara plan to "keep pushing on" after winning their second Grand Slam doubles title.