Week 13 - ITF M15 - Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)

wolf · Tennis legend

Week 13 - ITF M15 - Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)

wolf · Tennis legend

QR1: Billy Blades UNR beat (qWC) Gokalp Ayar (TUR) UNR 6-0 6-1

QR2: (q7) Lorenzo Gagliardo (ARG) WR 1357 vs Billy Blades UNR

wolf · Tennis legend

QR2: (q7) Lorenzo Gagliardo (ARG) WR 1357 beat Billy Blades UNR 6-2 6-1

wolf · Tennis legend

L32: (3) Billy Harris WR 434 vs Yuki Mochizuki (JPN) WR 585

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Solid win for Billy.
L32: (3) Billy Harris WR 434 beat Yuki Mochizuki (JPN) WR 585 6-3 6-1

wolf · Tennis legend

L16: (3) Billy Harris WR 434 vs Denis Klok (***) WR 711 (CH 514 in 2018)

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

L16: (3) Billy Harris WR 434 Beat Denis Klok (***) WR 711 6-4 6-1

Straight forward looking win for Billy.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Billy , I believe, needs to get out of M15 level events when ranked 434. Paul Jubb led the way and Billy can play clay, maybe he needs to try a challenger or two - certainly M25 level is something he should be doing, for me

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Wouldnt disagree. Unfortunately he is stepping up to M25 again but back in Nottingham on the hard. Think its the wrong approach as his best performances have been on Clay. I guess its a combination of things. An early exit any week can mean you can checkout the hotel and go home saving on costs. Also the LTA dont pay out performance bonuses for overseas ITFs when the UK has them on.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Madadman wrote:
Wouldnt disagree. Unfortunately he is stepping up to M25 again but back in Nottingham on the hard. Think its the wrong approach as his best performances have been on Clay. I guess its a combination of things. An early exit any week can mean you can checkout the hotel and go home saving on costs. Also the LTA dont pay out performance bonuses for overseas ITFs when the UK has them on.

Interesting, hadn't realised that as a general rule, makes some sense - thanks, Madadman

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Coup Droit wrote:
Madadman wrote:
Wouldnt disagree. Unfortunately he is stepping up to M25 again but back in Nottingham on the hard. Think its the wrong approach as his best performances have been on Clay. I guess its a combination of things. An early exit any week can mean you can checkout the hotel and go home saving on costs. Also the LTA dont pay out performance bonuses for overseas ITFs when the UK has them on.
Interesting, hadn't realised that as a general rule, makes some sense - thanks, Madadman

I came across it the other day when being nosey.

https://www.lta.org.uk/4919ec/siteassets/compete/performance/file/2022-tournament-bonus-scheme.pdf

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Billy is the 3rd best ranked male player who has NEVER made a Challenger appearance. I realise he has improved his ranking a lot recently, but that feels like a big miss - not even winning, just not playing.

I know Billy likes to play in one place on a run, like Antalya, but there are some Challengers which follow that pattern - even if he has to qualify. Just giving it a go would I think really help his game.

I am sure he will get a chance to play them on the grass but grass isnt his surface at all, I feel like the clay courts would be the best time to try a couple out.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Indeed, last year Antalya had some of those Challenger 50 events. Was slightly disappointing that Billy didnt have a go at one of them.

emmsie69 · Top national player

I'm usually very much a person that wants to see players push on but at 26 Billy has found a niche that works for him, not sure if he has ambition to progress further or is having a great time doing what he does currently. Does he have some coaching agreement in Antalya maybe.

wolf · Tennis legend

QF: (3) Billy Harris WR 434 vs (8) Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) WR 577