Week 49 - ITF M15 - Antalya, Turkey (clay)

SuperT · Futures qualifying

Week 49 - ITF M15 - Antalya, Turkey (clay)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Billy just won after his last 16 opponent retired a set down. Looks like he will now have a rematch with Arthur Fils in the last 8. Presumably that will be later today given the early start to the last 16 matches ?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Billy and Fils back on for the qf at 9 am

Madadman · Top national player

Billy a set up against Fils 6-3

Madadman · Top national player

Lost the 2nd 7-5 was 0-3* down but got back level and 5-4* .

Madadman · Top national player

Billy wins 6-3 5-7 6-2
Will play the Israeli 7th seed in the Semi-Final.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Round-up:

L16: (2) Billy Harris WR 518 defeated (WC) Farzin Danny Amiri (USA) UNR by 6-3 2-1 retired

*****

QF: (2) Billy Harris WR 518 defeated (5) Arthur Fils (FRA) WR 679 by 6-3 5-7 6-2

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SF: (7) Daniel Cukierman (ISR) WR 749 (CH = 525 in February 2017) vs (2) Billy Harris WR 518

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well done Billy, another good week so far this week.

Presumably that is it for the day, semis tomorrow, finals Sunday??

the addict · Tennis legend

They are playing doubles QF now and still some singles QF to be completed, so I reckon that's it for Billy today

Madadman · Top national player

Semis are normally on Saturday in Antalya. Although wouldn't put any money on it looking at the forecast!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done, Billy - another three-set defeat for the French junior.

However, I've got a real soft spot for Daniel C, and he's a real difficult player to beat (VERY different from Arthur Fils) - hopefully Billy has the fire power, but Daniel won't give it go him, that's for sure....

brittak · Pro player

Well done Billy. He has 6 points dropping on the 3rd Jan which could have meant him dropping back out of the top 500. I these 4 points (and counting) should help him maintain that place until well into the New Year which is good to see.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Play not started today, 90 mins late at least now ; forecast predicts 100 percent rain now and through the next week! Could this be cancelled ?!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Is it my dodgy memory or am I correct that one event in recent years got rain interrupted and it became clear it wouldnt finish. They where at last 4 or similar and decided the event by drawing lots, the losers then gave their opponents a walkover and a tournament winner was determined. It ensured points could be allocated and I think prizeMoney was evenly split. Is that correct or just a bit of fanciful thinking ? It may even have been Antalya or one of these year end events back in 2018 or 2019?

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Is it my dodgy memory or am I correct that one event in recent years got rain interrupted and it became clear it wouldnt finish. They where at last 4 or similar and decided the event by drawing lots, the losers then gave their opponents a walkover and a tournament winner was determined. It ensured points could be allocated and I think prizeMoney was evenly split. Is that correct or just a bit of fanciful thinking ? It may even have been Antalya or one of these year end events back in 2018 or 2019?

My only memory of that was a WC play off tournament in Portugal when I was there. They had a 64 man field playing one set to 9 (TB at 8-8) with the winner of the tournament getting an MD WC. This was so that those who have been knocked out in qualies got some extra competitive tennis during the week rather than sitting around.

In the week I was there, they got as far as the SF when the weather intervened. In the end Joel Cannell won the "drawing names out of a hat" and was given the WC as a result. But I have never heard of it as part of an MD or even official Qualifying event.