Billy Harris surprises Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in London on Thursday. Harris will try to keep the momentum against Lorenzo Musetti in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Highlights Billy Harris vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard cinch Championships – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Harris scored 64 points vs. Mpetshi Perricard’s 48.
Harris
Harris served pretty well to win 87% of the points (27/31) behind his first serve, and he won 85% points (17/20) on his second serve. Harris was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4).
Mpetshi Perricard
On the other side, Giovanni wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Harris and Mpetshi Perricard is 1-0 for Billy.
Draw and next match H2H: Billy Harris vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats
Harris will square off with Musetti in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Billy Harris and Lorenzo Musetti since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Harris snatched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Billy converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Brit didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. Billy was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Mpetshi Perricard (29-24). Harris was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). In addition, on the other side, Mpetshi Perricard conceded 9 points on serve (22-9).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Billy snatched in the 11th game (6-5) just before eventually winning the set (7-5).
Harris converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Harris didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. The Brit was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the French player (35-24). The Brit dropped 5 points on serve (24-5). In addition, on the other side, Mpetshi Perricard conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
Tennis Scores in London
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-4)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 4-6 6-4)
- Jack DraperDraper – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (7-63 6-3)
- Billy HarrisHarris – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 7-5)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Milos RaonicRaonic (7-65 6-4)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 3-6 7-5)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-60 7-67)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Andy MurrayMurray (4-1 ret.)
Upcoming matches
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Billy HarrisHarris – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jack DraperDraper – Tommy PaulPaul (3-1) – H2H details and stats