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Money/Glasspool saves MP to take the Tokyo title
The British duo win the ATP 500 for the second time together
October 01, 2024
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Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool won the hottest competition on Tuesday in Tokyo.
By ATP staff
Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool held on from deep to win a first ATP Tour title at the start of their new partnership on Tuesday at the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships.
The two Britons defeated Ariel Behar and Robert Galloway 6-4, 4-6, 12/10 to lift the trophy in just their second event together at the ATP 500 in Tokyo. Cash and Glasspool were on the brink of defeat when the game went down to 9/10 in the Match Tie-break, but they reeled off three consecutive points from there to seal victory in the 78th minute.
🏆 Doubles Champions in Tokyo 🏆
British duo Cash and Glasspool lift the trophy after beating Galloway/Behar 6-4 4-6 [12-10]!@japanopentennis | #kinoshitajotennis pic.twitter.com/ilgJcbKMzE
– ATP Tour (@atptour) October 1, 2024
Both teams produced solid performances inside the Ariake Coliseum, where each team ended the match winning 82 percent (37/45) of the points after the first delivery, according to Infosys ATP Stats. But Cash and Glasspool, who reached the quarter-finals in Hangzhou last week in their first tournament together, held on to become only the second British pair to win in Tokyo after Andy Murray and Jamie Murray in 2011.
It was the biggest title of Cash’s career and his third tour-level crown overall after the 28-year-old lifted two ATP 250 crowns alongside Tokyo tournament rival Galloway earlier this year. Glasspool is now a five-time ATP Tour champion after winning his second ATP 500 title (Hamburg 2022 w/Heliovaara).
Heliovaara/Patten rally for Beijing final
At the China Open, Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten recovered from a slow start to claim a stunning semi-final victory against Jamie Murray and John Peers.
The third-seeded pair, who lifted their first title at Wimbledon in July, won 7-5, 6-1 to seal the final spot at the ATP 500 in Beijing. Heliovaara and Patten trailed 2-5 in the opening set but converted five of their 10 break points in their 79-minute win.
Currently ranked seventh in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings as they chase a spot in the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals, Heliovaara and Patten will face Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in Wednesday’s final. The Italian pair, ranked third in the Live Doubles Teams Rankings defeated Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic 7-6 (1), 6-2 to reach their fifth tour-level match in 2024.
