As well as winning POS in 2020, being in the final in 2021, Joe came 3rd in the semis last year and thus equal 5th. So this is his third final in 4 versions of this POS event and hes never come below 5th place overall. Kudos.
By the way, Id encourage anyone else wanting to write narrative to rah rah their favoured player in this - go for it, lets cheer lead as its close and it can make a difference for the undecided !
Billy may not have won a title but he played a heck of a lot. In March, he reached a challenger final in Les Franqueses Del Valles, then an M25 final in Nottingham in July, lost in the Winnipeg and Cassis QF rounds to Liam both times (Liam has the H2H over Billy!) , into Autumn with QF rounds in Alicante and Malaga, then semis in Hamburg and Ortisei, another QF in Bergamo (lost to Jack D) and his career first ATP 250 win to top it off in Sofia, when he beat the Swiss Huesler in round one.
Billy played over 90 times this season - he needs to hire Lendl as his coach!!
Billy may not have won a title but he played a heck of a lot. In March, he reached a challenger final in Les Franqueses Del Valles, then an M25 final in Nottingham in July, lost in the Winnipeg and Cassis QF rounds to Liam both times (Liam has the H2H over Billy!) , into Autumn with QF rounds in Alicante and Malaga, then semis in Hamburg and Ortisei, another QF in Bergamo (lost to Jack D) and his career first ATP 250 win to top it off in Sofia, when he beat the Swiss Huesler in round one.
Billy played over 90 times this season - he needs to hire Lendl as his coach!!
A tremendous second half of the year by Billy but a sign of how tough it is to climb the rankings at that level. He's worked so hard for that rise of 100 places and hopefully can push on in 2024.
Katie B all the way. She was recognised by the WTA as one of the most improved players on the tour. She is fulfilling her potential. Be devastated if she doesn't win.
I was hoping we would reach 30 votes by sometime late this evening, to get to 30 by 5pm is a speedy start and good to see. I hope the votes keep on coming and dont dry up!!
If we do have 15-20 more to come, with the top 3 players 1 vote apart, every one of those 15-20 votes will count - hopefully it will be more than 20 votes still to come!!