Dan Evans gets last Queens WC

gazzpash · Club Coach

Dan Evans gets last Queens WC

Salmon · Tennis legend

Oh my God!

But I like it!

Good luck, Evo - no matter what you do, it'll be a great experience. And I think he'll impress us, for that matter.

steven · Tennis legend

He'll be very unlucky if he gets Novak in R1, because Novak will have a bye.

Salmon · Tennis legend

I think this comes at the price of having to play Queen's Juniors, which could make him miss Nottingham qualies. A fair trade off, I guess.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

what makes you say that greenleaf?

And I like that decision, a) it's a Brit, and b) it's a young guy, hopefully he can get a lot out of it, a kind draw and you never know...you never know who's going to be on the other side of the net.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

This has come from nowhere, but suggests that they think a lot of him as a player and that he's the one of the juniors most likely to make it to the top of the game, and good luck to him in the event, even though I can't see him winning a match regardless of who he draws.

Surprised Slabba didn't get it after beating Okun, but maybe they saw the scoreline against Dancevic today and thought that he isn't going to have a chance of beating anyone in the draw, so it's better to give the WC to a junior who will benefit more in the long run.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Just a guess... The LTA is opposed to the top players playing at Queen's Juniors (and rightly so - it's an exho) but the Queen's, of course, want to attract well known Juniors. So it is possible that Evo was told that he would have to play the Junior tourney.

As you can see, it's not very strong logic.

And I hope it is not true.

jazar · Junior player

i see this as a pointless move and a waste of a wildcard. if they were intent on wasting it they may as well have given it to jamie murray

XCW4EVA · County player

Well I guess if he does well then this will help to settle a previous argument

Sheddie · administrator

Interesting decision, Evo's really been thrown in the deep end here, no hiding places in this draw. Absolutely no expectations of him but its a great chance to showcase his game and what he can do to a wider audience and he's got bags of talent, that's for sure

I still would have given it to Slabba as this wc could be 1-2 years too early for Evo and result in a thrashing but hopefully he can rise to the challenge and make it competitive

Ratty · County player

Dan's unlikely to break anyone's serve on a fast grass court like they have at Queen's.

So I'd say that the nightmare draw would be someone like Hewitt, who can return well, because that brings the dreaded 6-0 6-0 in 35 minutes horribly into view. And if you're thinking that before you even step onto the court, it makes it far more likely to happen.

Karlo would be a better draw, because he should at least pick up a few service games.

scottie1 · Futures level

saw Dan at edinburgh when he beat another promising youngster cox. however i still think this is better than giving it to Jamie Murray who wants to play singles riding on the top of his doubles reputation. Jamie needs to prove himself by qualifying for atp/challenger singles by working hard and qualifying not expecting wild cards based on an none existent singles record which he had in the past!

gazzpash · Club Coach

Isn't just a ture state of the Media's attention to tennis that Jamie getting a WC to qualifying has got more interest than Evans getting a WC to the main draw

Salmon · Tennis legend

Exactly! I have searched Google News every few hours in the hope of getting a few nice articles on Evo, but nothing so far.