Week 16 - ATP 500 - BMW Open - Munich, Germany (clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 16 - ATP 500 - BMW Open - Munich, Germany (clay)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Tough draw for Billy but good to see him pushing on at Tour level when he gets the chance. You never know!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (4) Jamie Murray & Rajeev Ram (USA) CR 52 (22+30) vs Rohan Bopanna & Ben Shelton (IND/USA) CR 175 (43+132)

twentytoone · Intermediate Club Player

What would Billy need to do this week for top 100

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A win for Billy !

3-6 6-3 6-4

And well deserved !

Our dirt-baller

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: Billy Harris WR 107 defeated (q5) Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) WR 83 by 3-6 6-3 6-4 biggrin

That, I think, guarantees him 13 points.

FQR: Tseng Chun-Hsin (TPE) WR 104 (CH = 83 in August 2022) vs Billy Harris WR 107

The Taiwanese beat the q4, Christopher O'Connell, by 3 & 2 in his QR1 match.

indiana · Tennis legend

twentytoone wrote:
What would Billy need to do this week for top 100

Qualifying and winning a MD R1 match, to take him to 643 ranking points, would very likely be enough.

'Just' qualifying, to take him to 593 points, would be very unlikely to be enough. So a R1 win looks the top 100 counter.

Will be clearer once qualifying is over ( with hopefully Billy through ) and we see the live rankings tables for next week and what other players are up to.

Very good start. 13 (net 5) points to take him to 581 points.

Sheddie · administrator

Billy has the first set 6-4.

Sheddie · administrator

Billy, Billy, Billy.....

Tseng didn't look that impressive early on, and Billy had quite a few chances to press on and get the key break in the second set. But just couldn't get it, the Taiwanese player fought his way back into the match and has now taken total control of the 3rd.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Sadly, Billy unable to make the main draw:

FQR: Tseng Chun-Hsin (TPE) WR 104 defeated Billy Harris WR 107 by 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 cry

seagull · Hall of fame

Billy gets a lucky loser spot. Plays Goffin

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
Billy gets a lucky loser spot. Plays Goffin

Oooh.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

So, contrary to my expectations, Billy does sneak into the main draw:

L32: (LL) Billy Harris WR 107 vs David Goffin (BEL) WR 56 (CH = 7 in November 2017)

Madadman · Grand Slam Champion

David has the H2h winning 2-1 in Aus Qualies last January. Youd think hed have too much on Clay though for Billy.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I think Im right that Billy is on the verge today; LTR shows his live ranking as 102 this morning. A win today could take him to 93; there are a few players also playing who could get in the way but not 7 and it would seem likely he could make the top 100 live and stick by the end of the week, if he can beat Goffin.

Im sure Indy or someone will tell us the folly of this analysis, but a simple check of LTR suggests he has a decent shout - but of course, he needs to beat Goffin.

A lot of us turn out to be Goffin fans based on the recent Favourite Player polls, but Im sure wed welcome Billy beating him today!