Billy Harris surprises Flavio Cobolli 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-2 in the quarter in Eastbourne on Thursday. Harris will face Max Purcell in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes.
Harris added to his prize money € 16,240 after conquering this match. He has already won € 38,610 till now in this event. If he wins the next match, the Brit will add € 27,050 to his earnings to get in total € 65,660.
Highlights Billy Harris vs. Flavio Cobolli Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Billy scored 108 points vs. Cobolli’s 95.
Harris
Billy served extremely well to win 77% of the points (54/70) behind his first serve, and he won 72% points (21/29) on his second serve. The Brit won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Cobolli
On the other side, Cobolli wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Harris and Cobolli is 1-0 for Billy.
Draw and next match H2H: Billy Harris vs. Max Purcell – stats
Harris will fight against Purcell in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Billy Harris and Max Purcell fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Harris (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
Live score progression and stats
Cobolli won the set after he broke Harris .
The Italian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Cobolli won just 2 more points than the Brit (41-39). Flavio surrendered 14 points on serve (35-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Harris conceded 6 points on serve (25-6).
Harris won the set after he broke Cobolli .
The Brit was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).
They contested 84 points. Harris was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Italian (46-38). The Brit dropped 15 points on serve (36-15). In addition, on the other side, Cobolli conceded 10 points on serve (23-10).
The Brit in this set played much better tennis than Cobolli and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Cobolli in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Brit converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Harris didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. Harris was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Flavio (22-17). Billy surrendered 5 points on serve (12-5). On the other side, the Italian conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Billy HarrisHarris – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-73 7-64 6-2)
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 3-6 7-65)
- Max PurcellPurcell – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 7-64)
Upcoming matches
- Max PurcellPurcell – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – (0-0) – H2H details and stats