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NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - JUNE 16: Billy Harris of Great Britain plays a forehand against Charles Broom of Great Britain during the Men's Singles Semi Final match on Day Seven of the Rothesay Open Nottingham at Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre on June 16, 2024 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images for LTA)

Tennis | Challenger & ITF Round Up | Harris made semi-final in Chennai Challenger

Glenys Furness
Tennis

By Glenys Furness

  • Billy Harris made the semi-final in Chennai
  • Brit was top seed
CHENNAI, INDIA – Billy Harris made the semi-final in the ATP Challenger event. The Brit was top seed and his opponent needed tie break sets to clinch the win.

 

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Billy Harris entered the ATP Challenger event in Chennai and was the top seed. The Brit drew qualifier Eric Vanshelboim in the first round. The Ukrainian stayed close to the Brit in the first set and looked to force a tiebreak. However, Harris secured the vital break of serve at the end of the set to take the lead. The second set was much easier for the top seed, who dominated and took the match in straight sets 7-5, 6-2.

The second round saw Harris against Ergi Kirkin. The Turk managed to stay with the top seed at the start of the first set. Eventually, though, the Brit broke serve and took the lead. The second set followed the same pattern. The top seed broke serve and held on to take the match in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.

In the quarter-final Harris was against the seventh seed Timofey Skatov. The Brit broke early in the first set to take the lead. The second was much closer as Skatov managed to stay with the top seed. Harris and the seventh seed needed a tiebreak to decide the winner. The breaker was also close. However, Harris managed to edge ahead and hold on to take the match in straight sets 6-3, 7-6(6).

The semi-final saw Harris against Elias Ymer. The Swede kept pace with the top seed and forced a tiebreak in the first set. Ymer managed to edge the tiebreak and take the lead. The second set was more of the same, with again a tiebreak needed to settle it. This time the Swede dominated the breaker and took the match 7-6(5), 7-6(2).

 

 

Challenger & ITF Round Up

Jay Clarke was defeated by Elias Ymer in the second round in Chennai 7-5, 7-6(2).

Charles Broom was defeated by Marek Gengel in the first round in Brisbane 6-1, 6-2.

Mingge Xu was defeated by Zheng Wushuang in the second round in Brisbane 6-2, 6-3.

Jan Choinski was defeated by Lukas Pokorny in the first round in Tenerife 6-4, 6-4.

Johannus Monday was defeated by Pol Martin Tiffon in the quarter-final in Tenerife 7-5, 6-2.

Oliver Crawford was defeated by Tuncay Duran in the first round in Zahara 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-4.

Oliver Okonkwo was defeated by Joao Vitor Goncalves Ceolin in the first round in Sunrise 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Aidan McHugh was defeated by Alfredo Perez in the quarter-final in Huamantla 6-4, 6-3.

Jeremy Gschwendtner was defeated by Maxime Chazal in the second round in Valencia 6-3, 6-1.

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