COmpletely forgot this was on, great to see this result!

Lads doing well!

I think we want to see Granollers and Zeballos beat Koolhof and Mektic later, that would guarantee Henry and Harri going through to the semis

All good in the Henry and Harri camp - great to see

From the ATP site:

Now 2-0 in Mike Bryan Group, Heliovaara and Patten are on the brink of sealing a semi-final spot on their team debut at the prestigious season finale. Their place in the last four will be confirmed on Tuesday evening Turin if Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos defeat Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic, or if Koolhof/Mektic down Granollers/Zeballos in three sets.

Its exactly what we came here to do, said Heliovaara. To be honest, we believe that we can win every match, and we showed everybody today that we are here and ready to compete. We know how good our best level is. We can beat all the teams. We can also lose to all the teams, if we dont play our best, but weve been very good at finding our best game, our best mental mode.

Somehow in our heads we are very present on the court. A performance state of mind, as one of our coaches says, and I really love that feeling.

Although that also means Henry and Harri are into the semis. Even if they lose 2-0 to K and M next, it leaves them 4-2 on sets, K and M would be 4-3 and Thompson and Purcell could reach 4-2 if all 3 end with a 2 wins record. And in a 3 way tie, Harri and Henry would be through!

I think Im correct on that. And in top place.

A two way tie would still leave them through, but in second.

Bopanna and Ebden split for next season, Bopanna at age 45 plans to continue and hopes to find a good partner.

Be interesting to see who Ebden picks up with though. From the top 20, not sure who Mektic and Venus plan to play with

RR3:  (7) Harri Heliövaara (FIN) & Henry Patten CR 27 (14+13) defeated (3) Wesley Koolhof & Nikola Mektic (NED/CRO) CR 14 (8+6) by 4-6 6-3 [12-10] 

Very good 

In the SF they will play the winners of tomorrow's match between Arevalo & Pavic and Bolelli & Vavassori.