Week 26 - The Championships, Wimbledon (grass) - men's qualifying

Jan · Hall of fame

Week 26 - The Championships, Wimbledon (grass) - men's qualifying

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Bob in Spain wrote:
Absolutely chuffed to bits for Billy. LTA tweeting about him. Mike Dickson tweeting about him. Even Marcus Willis tweeting about him which might prove relevant and useful if he ends up playing Berankis in the FQR.

I remember Mike doing a good piece on him when he played on Christmas Day in 2020.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Well, Bob. What say you now? Has he ever played a best-of-five match before?

He anwered my question himself in his brief interview with Annie K just now: tomorrow will be his first best-of-five.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Well, Bob. What say you now? Has he ever played a best-of-five match before?
He anwered my question himself in his brief interview with Annie K just now: tomorrow will be his first best-of-five.

I think a guy who played on 42 consecutive days in the UK Pro League can cope LOL. Stamina shouldn't be a problem.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FQR: Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) WR 156 (= CH) vs (qWC) Billy Harris WR 346

The young Serb won his QR2 in six minutes shy of three hours.

Nix · Futures level

Bob in Spain wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Well, Bob. What say you now? Has he ever played a best-of-five match before?
He anwered my question himself in his brief interview with Annie K just now: tomorrow will be his first best-of-five.
I think a guy who played on 42 consecutive days in the UK Pro League can cope LOL. Stamina shouldn't be a problem.

He looks very fit. I hope that's not dooming him but he looks like he's worked on fitness quite a bit.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Billy is rewarded with his FQR being on the TV covered Stadium Court

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

I fear Castle and Lloyd might be on pretending they know Billy tomorrow and patronising him to the hilt.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

DavidC wrote:
Billy is rewarded with his FQR being on the TV covered Stadium Court

Where do I find that ? On which channel ?

Thanks

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
DavidC wrote:
Billy is rewarded with his FQR being on the TV covered Stadium Court
Where do I find that ? On which channel ?

Thanks

I'm expecting it to be the Beeb's Red Button channel, Bob, from 11.00 BST.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Bob in Spain wrote:
DavidC wrote:
Billy is rewarded with his FQR being on the TV covered Stadium Court
Where do I find that ? On which channel ?

Thanks

Its on the BBC website/red button. If you can get it over in Spain.

indiana · Tennis legend

Weather looking possibly dodgy on Thursday until early afternoon.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I m quite amazed the FQR for men is still best of 5 sets, not sure if that fits in with the modern game - it is what it is, hope Billy pulls it off!!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
FQR: Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) WR 156 (= CH) vs (qWC) Billy Harris WR 346
The young Serb won his QR2 in six minutes shy of three hours.

The young Serb's match was a pretty bad-tempered affair.

I don't know quite who was in the right or wrong, but him and Berankis were hardly talking at the end - it was all pretty feisty

So, Billy, you're warned....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I was just SO delighted that Billy won

Partly as a plus for Billy

But also very much as a sticking it to Hugo Gaston who really is not a pleasany bloke

The sad thing is that I knew Hugo G as a kid and he was as sweet as pie. And speaking to some of the French contingent, he stayed like that all through his juniors and the start of his career.

AND THEN he had that amazing run at Roland Garros, was the last French guy standing, playing crazy crowd-delight daft tennis.

And basically it completely went to his head and he became, overnight, just the most precious little diva you could possibly imagine.

And worse than that, he's also been fined approx £125k (halved on appeal) for unsportsmanlike conduct - at Madrid he took a ball out of his pocket and threw it on the court while his opponent was about to smash an overhead. In order to force the umpire to call a let. And it's not the first time either. He's done it before. And, in fact, has had four unsportsmanlike conduct warnings in the past 12 months, I believe.

He really is a little turd (a view held by the French team I talked to too) - so great delight when Billy put him firmly in his place !