Week 7 - ATP Challenger 125 - Manama, Bahrain (hard)

Madadman · Top national player

RE: Week 7 - ATP Challenger 125 - Manama, Bahrain (hard)

seagull · Hall of fame

First set Billy 6-2

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Billy Harris WR 191 defeated (Q) Gastão Elias (POR) WR 295 by 2 & 2 smile

Mervatron2 · Futures level

Good to see Billy winning again.

Nix · Futures qualifying

Mervatron2 wrote:
Good to see Billy winning again.

Its great! Really cementing his place in the top 200 because hes not defending many points at all until April. Possibly Gasquet in the next round but he hasnt played yet. He hasnt won many matches this year so might be a good time to play him!

christ · Futures qualifying

Nix wrote:
Mervatron2 wrote:
Good to see Billy winning again.
Its great! Really cementing his place in the top 200 because hes not defending many points at all until April. Possibly Gasquet in the next round but he hasnt played yet. He hasnt won many matches this year so might be a good time to play him!

Certainly better than fifteen years ago!

indiana · Tennis legend

Nix wrote:
Mervatron2 wrote:
Good to see Billy winning again.
Its great! Really cementing his place in the top 200 because hes not defending many points at all until April. Possibly Gasquet in the next round but he hasnt played yet. He hasnt won many matches this year so might be a good time to play him!

Up to live ranked 184

Nix · Futures qualifying

christ wrote:
Nix wrote:
Mervatron2 wrote:
Good to see Billy winning again.
Its great! Really cementing his place in the top 200 because hes not defending many points at all until April. Possibly Gasquet in the next round but he hasnt played yet. He hasnt won many matches this year so might be a good time to play him!
Certainly better than fifteen years ago!

Definitely!

Very encouraging, thanks Indy, 184 is great. If he can get into qualies of all four slams plus a deserved (in my view) WC for main draw Wimbly it will be a cracking year for Billy and a reward for all his sacrifices and hard work on the circuit.

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

If Billy ends the year anywhere in the Top 250, I feel it will have been a really good year of consolidation. Although given his rise in the last 2 years seemed to come from nowhere, who knows where he could get to! Exciting to see how it unfolds for him.

korriban · Challenger level

Billy looks extremely solid all around now. Very efficient and effective tennis - so its rare that he gets blown away. Really maximising his ability and its great to see someone gradually rising up the rankings by playing tournament after tournament and getting better and better as they simply play week in and week out and experience more playing styles, tournaments and environments. Theres probably no star dust here, and I cant imagine too many wins against top 50 players (like a Liam might do on a great day), but I could see him being a member of the 100-200 club for another 3 or 4 years, playing Challengers and perhaps 3 or 4 ATP Tour events a year, and making decent money - certainly more than breaking even. I really like a story like this - a minimum of fuss, just getting on with it in his own way, and making tremendous progress without making many headlines.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Solid, nice one Billy

Rich2310 · Club Coach

Very impressed with Billy. I remember following him a few years back when he was down at 700 or lower in the rankings and was very impressed at how he was using his old camper van to get about. Back then I never thought for a moment that he would get to where he is now. But delighted to be wrong. 30 years a go you would be written off before even reaching age 29. But here's Billy treading new ground and looking good. Just shows you can never write someone off and hard work and dedication can reap rewards. Long may his success continue.

indiana · Tennis legend

Rich2310 wrote:
Very impressed with Billy. I remember following him a few years back when he was down at 700 or lower in the rankings and was very impressed at how he was using his old camper van to get about. Back then I never thought for a moment that he would get to where he is now. But delighted to be wrong. 30 years a go you would be written off before even reaching age 29. But here's Billy treading new ground and looking good. Just shows you can never write someone off and hard work and dedication can reap rewards. Long may his success continue.

Memo to LTA ....

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (2) Sergio Martos & Petros Tsitsipas (ESP/GER) CR 226 (123+103) defeated Billy Harris & Rudolf Mölleker (GER) CR 1060 (265+795) by 6-2 2-6 [10-7]

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (1) Luke Johnson & Skander Mansouri (TUN) CR 194 (94+100) defeated Ivan Sabanov & Matej Sabanov (SRB/SRB) CR 310 (155+155) by 3 & 2

And a spot of luck in the next round:

QF: (1) Luke Johnson & Skander Mansouri (TUN) CR 194 (94+100) "defeated" Marc-Andrea Hüsler & Alexander Ritschard (SUI/SUI) CR 902 (264+638) by a walkover