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Britain's Patten targets number one doubles ranking

Britain's Henry Patten has set his sights on becoming the top-ranked doubles player in the world after winning his second Grand Slam title.

Patten and Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara are now ranked three and four by the ATP following their epic men's doubles win over Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in a late-night final at the Australian Open last weekend.

El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic of Croatia are currently joint number one, with 7,530 ranking points, compared with Patten's 7,075.

"The prize money in doubles is a lot less than the singles and sponsorship deals are a little bit harder to come by, so doing well at the Slams is the best thing you can do," Patten told BBC Look East.