Week 6 - Spain F4 ($15,000) - Peguera, Mallorca (clay)

Spectator · All-time great

Week 6 - Spain F4 ($15,000) - Peguera, Mallorca (clay)

christ · Futures level

Stircrazy wrote:
Not to be:
L32: (WC) Imanol López (ESP) UNR defeated (7) Alex Ward (GBR) WR 410 by 7-5 4-6 6-4

Edit:

... or, to rephrase, 4-6 6-4 sounds more like a tennis score than a railway engine.

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 7th of February 2017 01:43:05 PM

-- Edited by christ on Tuesday 7th of February 2017 04:34:14 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (Q) Billy Harris WR 1041 defeated (6) Bernabé Zapata (ESP) WR 400 by 7-6(1) 6-4

*****

L16: (Q) Billy Harris WR 1041 vs Pedro Sakamoto (BRA) WR 594 (CH = 404 last April)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bob is great Billy fan, and has him as a 'prospect' in his top 500 team.

So, bravo, Billy ! And Uncle Bob too smile

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Bob is great Billy fan, and has him as a 'prospect' in his top 500 team.

So, bravo, Billy ! And Uncle Bob too

Yes. When his game is in sync, he hits a big ball. He can definitely trouble some of the higher ranked players. His biggest problem, as with so many of our players around that age sadly, is trying to stay fit. He has had shoulder problems which have definitely curtailed his progress.

The other problem that Billy will have this year is that if he appears at Murcia next week expecting to get his shirts (et al) cleaned again, the laundry service is on another continent at the moment so he will have to "play dirty" as they say.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Bob, Billy is obviously aware that there are no laundry services on offer. He is not down on any of the lists for Murcia, indeed James Allemby has also withdrawn and it doesn't look the star studded festival of junior talent that was on offer last year.

The ITF have been even more radical given your absence and the potential risk of exposure to Billy's BO and the boys give Cartegena a complete miss this year!!!! and head back up to Barcelona or "the city of laundromats" as it is better known.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Wednesday 8th of February 2017 06:19:57 AM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Oakland2002 wrote:
Bob, Billy is obviously aware that there are no laundry services on offer. He is not down on any of the lists for Murcia, indeed James Allemby has also withdrawn and it doesn't look the star studded festival of junior talent that was on offer last year.

The ITF have been even more radical given your absence and the potential risk of exposure to Billy's BO and the boys give Cartegena a complete miss this year!!!! and head back up to Barcelona or "the city of laundromats" as it is better known.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Wednesday 8th of February 2017 06:19:57 AM

smile

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Looks like play has been abandoned for the day and Billy's match has been put back to tomorrow.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Anyone know if Billy is still driving himself around and living out the back of a van? I think I've got that right!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Billy is clearly not a morning person. Lost the 1st set 6-1, but then woke up and fought back to take the 2nd 6-2.

Into a decider.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (Q) Billy Harris WR 1041 defeated Pedro Sakamoto (BRA) WR 594 by 1-6 6-2 6-3

*****

QF: (Q) Billy Harris WR 1041 vs (3) Stefano Travaglia (ITA) WR 325 (CH = 194 in February 2015)

Travaglia won last week's event.

the addict · Tennis legend

That's a new career-best win for Billy, beating his previous best of 397 from last year.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
That's a new career-best win for Billy, beating his previous best of 397 from last year.

Well it will be if he wins his QF. But the guy he beat today is ranked 594 smile

the addict · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
the addict wrote:
That's a new career-best win for Billy, beating his previous best of 397 from last year.
Well it will be if he wins his QF. But the guy he beat today is ranked 594

Oops ! Must read properly before typing !

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Today's win may see Billy break into the top 1000 for the 1st time when these points are added on 20th Feb, although that will be shortlived unless he can pick up some more points as his QF points from Murcia last year come off a week later and his point from Cartagena comes off the week after that.