{"id":18947,"date":"2024-06-21T13:15:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/queens-2024-britains-billy-harris-reaches-first-atp-quarter-final\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T13:15:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:15:10","slug":"queens-2024-britains-billy-harris-reaches-first-atp-quarter-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/queens-2024-britains-billy-harris-reaches-first-atp-quarter-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen’s 2024: Britain’s Billy Harris reaches first ATP quarter-final"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Britain’s Billy Harris reached his first ATP Tour quarter-final with victory over Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at Queen’s.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 29-year-old defeated the Frenchman 6-4 7-5 in front of 8,000 fans on Centre Court.<\/p>\n

Harris has spent most of his career in the tiers below ATP level and used to travel to tournaments in a Ford Transit van<\/a> to save money.<\/p>\n

“It’s massive for my confidence,” Harris said.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t know how I would react coming out here today but as soon as I got on court I felt I was getting great support from the crowd and they helped me through the match.”<\/p>\n

Harris, who is from the Isle of Man, was ranked outside the world’s top 300 as recently as October.<\/p>\n

He will now move inside the top 150 when the latest rankings are updated on Monday.<\/p>\n

Harris will make his Grand Slam debut this summer after he received a wildcard for the main draw at Wimbledon, which starts on 1 July.<\/p>\n

“I came into this match knowing it would be very tough with his serve – in the first hour I was thinking this serve needs to slow down,” added Harris, who broke at 5-5 in the second set and then served out the match.<\/p>\n

“I managed to settle in quickly and just stayed in the zone.”<\/p>\n

He will face either American Brandon Nakashima or Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

There was more British success in the doubles as Joe Salisbury and American partner Rajeev Ram beat Sebastian Korda and Alex de Minaur 7-6 (8-6) 7-5.<\/p>\n

Salisbury will face fellow Briton Neal Skupski, who is playing alongside New Zealand’s Michael Venus, next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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