Billy Harris hustles Jacob Fearnley 6-4 7-6(7) in the 1st round in Eastbourne on Monday in what was an all-Brit encounter. Harris will play Tommy Paul in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes.
Harris added to his prize money € 5,050 after winning this match. He has already won € 12,990 after this win. If he wins the next match, Harris will add € 9,380 to his earnings to get in total € 22,370 in total.
Highlights Billy Harris vs. Jacob Fearnley Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:37
At the end of the match, Harris scored 74 points vs. Jacob’s 64.
Harris
Harris served pretty well to win 85% of the points (40/47) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (12/21) on his second serve. Harris blasted 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Harris was exceptional in converting the only break point that he conquered.
Fearnley
On the other side, Fearnley wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Harris and Fearnley is 1-0 for Billy.
Draw and next match H2H: Billy Harris vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Harris will square off with Paul in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Billy Harris and Tommy Paul square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Paul (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Harris snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Harris was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, Jacob wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Harris won just 3 more points than Jacob (32-29). Harris dropped 7 points on serve (22-7). In addition, on the other side, Jacob conceded 10 points on serve (22-10).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Harris won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.
Tiebreak
Harris won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Jacob won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 11th (5-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Billy saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. In addition on the other side, Harris didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 77 points. Billy conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Fearnley (42-35). Billy lost 9 points on serve (31-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Fearnley conceded 11 points on serve (26-11).
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- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 6-4)
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