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Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 23 - ATP Challenger 125 - Lexus Open - Ilkley, Great Britain (grass)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

L32: (8) Jack Pinnington-Jones WR 133 defeated (WC) Harry Wendelken WR 224 by 4 & 4

L32: (WC) Oliver Tarvet WR 342 defeated Ugo Blanchet (FRA) WR 173 by 3 & 3

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L16: Toby Samuel WR 150 vs August Holmgren (DEN) WR 148 (CH = 144 last July)
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L32: Billy Harris WR 144 defeated (ALT) Clément "Serial Brit-basher" Chidekh (FRA) WR 200 by 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(13) in three hours & 25 minutes biggrin

Dunno how he turned that round! I feared the worst when he was broken in the eleventh game of the final set!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

But honestly, your ultra-long matches, and your third set tiebreaks that seem to go on for longer than a set, in and of itself

You must be giving your mum a stomach ulcer

Sheddie · administrator

What a win from Billy! Clem served for the match at 6-5 in the decider, and they both had many match points in the final set breaker

JonH · Tennis legend

Well done Billy. 4 Brits through to last 16 and 6 still in action, so maybe one or two more.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (8) Jack Pinnington-Jones WR 133 defeated (WC) Harry Wendelken WR 224 by 4 & 4
L32: (WC) Oliver Tarvet WR 342 defeated Ugo Blanchet (FRA) WR 173 by 3 & 3
L32: Billy Harris WR 144 defeated (ALT) Clément "Serial Brit-basher" Chidekh (FRA) WR 200 by 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(13)
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L16: Toby Samuel WR 150 vs August Holmgren (DEN) WR 148 (CH = 144 last July)

L32: (7) Dane Sweeny (AUS) WR 132 defeated (Q) Oliver Okonkwo WR 1100 by 4 & 4

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L16: (7) Dane Sweeny (AUS) WR 132 vs Billy Harris WR 144

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Good effort, Ollie

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Oliver Okonkwo legging it down to West Worthing

Got a match at 13h tomorrow (Wednesday) in the British Tour event

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

Sheddie wrote:
What a win from Billy! Clem served for the match at 6-5 in the decider, and they both had many match points in the final set breaker

this is fake news according to LiveScores, it was Billy who served for it at 5-4. Eight breaks of serve in the third set though.

indiana · Tennis legend

Jeff Stelling wrote:
Sheddie wrote:
What a win from Billy! Clem served for the match at 6-5 in the decider, and they both had many match points in the final set breaker

this is fake news according to LiveScores, it was Billy who served for it at 5-4. Eight breaks of serve in the third set though.

Sorry, fake fake news, As per the TNNS App Billy served first in the third set. He was broken for 5-6* but broke back to force a TB.

If that wasn't the serve order then there would also have been an extraordinary number of breaks in sets 1 and 2.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 9th of June 2026 07:54:31 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jeff Stelling wrote:
Sheddie wrote:
What a win from Billy! Clem served for the match at 6-5 in the decider, and they both had many match points in the final set breaker

this is fake news according to LiveScores, it was Billy who served for it at 5-4. Eight breaks of serve in the third set though.

I watched it

Clem served for it at *6-5

Billy broke back

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 9th of June 2026 07:51:26 PM

Sheddie · administrator

It was crazily windy out there - Billy was using some kind of abbreviated service action (a bit like JoMo's new action), maybe to counteract the wind?

JonH · Tennis legend

Still dithering about whether to go tomorrow or Thursday. Order of play includes Jake, Jubby, Charles B, and then a WTA match with Urhurbo v Naeg , never heard of either of them so assuming one of them is a big new name in the offing to be centre court

Weather looks atrocious

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Sheddie wrote:
It was crazily windy out there - Billy was using some kind of abbreviated service action (a bit like JoMo's new action), maybe to counteract the wind?

The wind was almost completely drowning out the sound effects of play when I checked on the match towards the end (I was so convinced he was going to lose it that I couldn't bring myself to stick with it until the end!).

wolf · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
Still dithering about whether to go tomorrow or Thursday. Order of play includes Jake, Jubby, Charles B, and then a WTA match with Urhurbo v Naeg , never heard of either of them so assuming one of them is a big new name in the offing to be centre court

Weather looks atrocious

What's the deal with indoor courts?