Week 7 - ATP Challenger 75 - Delhi Open - New Delhi, India (hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

RE: Week 7 - ATP Challenger 75 - Delhi Open - New Delhi, India (hard)

Tanaqui · Club Coach

Excellent win! Well fought, Billy!

Very much hoping he can get over that line tomorrow and take the title here. He really deserves to win one of these things!

-- Edited by Tanaqui on Saturday 15th of February 2025 11:37:18 AM

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Mervatron2 wrote:
Great news. Does a win get him into the top 100?

About 60 points short, 30 on offer tomorrow.

Sheddie · administrator

Live rankings currently has Billy at WR 110 on 527 points.

WR 100 is Arthur Cazaux on 582 points.

If he wins tomorrow, he would likely only move up to WR 108, but points-wise, he'd be on the very cusp.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Not been around much recently but I will be checking in tomorrow morning.

Vamos Billy. Time to break that duck.

DF · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
SF: (2) Billy Harris WR 116 defeated (3) Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) WR 140 by 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2

****

Final: Kyrian Jacquet (FRA) WR 204 vs (2) Billy Harris WR 116

Billy drops the first set of his Final 4-6

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Jacquet seems to be on a right run of form. And I think hes due to play next week in Pune as well.

Come on Billy, show your metal

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Come on Billy, show your metal

Your mettle, even! wink

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Come on Billy, show your metal
Your mettle, even!

Autocorrect! Haha

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Final: Kyrian Jacquet (FRA) WR 204 defeated (2) Billy Harris WR 116 by 4 & 2 bleh

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thats a shame- nonetheless, Billy has had two strong weeks so far in India, at least relative to past recent form. One more good week in Pune next week and he can look back on a decent trip.

Spireman · Club Coach

JonH comes home wrote:
Jacquet seems to be on a right run of form. And I think hes due to play next week in Pune as well.

Come on Billy, show your metal

So whatever metal (!) he showed it wasn't a reactive enough one, more copper than calcium.

I know autocorrect is a nuisance but I have seen metal before instead of mettle, phased instead of fazed is common as well and I think some of these are ones that some people genuinely think are correct.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Wetting the apetite is the most common error (not typo) I see that people think is correct because it (sort of) makes sense and no one whets a stone any more

Metal and mettle would probably fit into the same category - metal is 'wrong' but it sort of makes sense and you can see why it might become accepted

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Spireman wrote:
I know autocorrect is a nuisance but I have seen metal before instead of mettle, phased instead of fazed is common as well and I think some of these are ones that some people genuinely think are correct.

Likewise "tow the line", "reign [someone] in" & "unchartered territory/waters".