Remember watching Kyle 'battle' past Sr Oriol Roca 'Batalla' all those years ago - actually the last time Kyle was trying to force his way into the Top 500.
Mr Batalla, ran round to his forehand on everything and just tried to smash it.
Make that 5 games lost in 5 sets for Billy in the main draw. Takes the first set 6-0. Havent been watching so dont know if its been excellent from our man or lacklustre from the Argentinan.
QF: (Q) Billy Harris WR 373 ( CH 290 in October 2022) beat (7) Marco Trungelliti (ARG).WR 227 ( CH 112 in March 2019) by 6-0 6-3
Caught the 2nd set, Trungelliti was competitive early on but Billy in general looked less threatened on serve. I thought he served well.
Didnt see this sort of week coming after the run of ITF events in Portugal!
Seems a remarkable week, by scorelines more than anything. It goes without saying the next round will be tough if Max Purcell wins - he qualified for the Aus Open and run all 3 of the recent challengers in Asia to sneak into the top 100.
-- Edited by Doonan on Friday 24th of March 2023 12:15:54 PM