Week 2- ATP 250- Heineken Open, Auckland

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

RE: Week 2- ATP 250- Heineken Open, Auckland

Maza1987 · Challenger level

no dan, im not accepting this.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

broken to love, really dissapointing

James · Satellite level

Evo 6-1 2-6 4-5*

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Oh knickers.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

0-15 comon evo, you can do it

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

off to melbourne then, oh well, that really was there for the taking

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Maybe I should have gone to bed

James · Satellite level

Lammer def Evans 1-6 6-2 6-4

James · Satellite level

I think this stat tells the full story..

Evans BP conversion: 4/11 (36%)

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

James wrote:

I think this stat tells the full story..

Evans BP conversion: 4/11 (36%)

even more importantly lammer was 4/5

indiana · Tennis legend

Tennis36 wrote:

James wrote:

I think this stat tells the full story..

Evans BP conversion: 4/11 (36%)

even more importantly lammer was 4/5

Yes, 4 /5 is certainly the much more notable statistic and on the face of it very disappointing from Dan's point of view. I would think 4/11 would not be a million miles away from the average break point conversion rate, The issue is much more that Dan was broken so often from many fewer BP opportunities.

indiana · Tennis legend

Anyway, now just read through the posts that told the unfolding story. Certainly looks like a match that Dan could and probably should have won.

But at least he has gathered 12 ranking points from his late decision to go to Auckland and now also will be in Aus Open qualifying. It looks like at his best he is in pretty decent form, but a bit inconsistent.

The 4 / 5 break point concession looks pretty bad, but just going on scores maybe Lammer did rise to the occasions more than Dan wobbling at such points. Hope so anyway.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Lammer is a pretty good player.

I love how we always leave the other player's quality and form out of our assessments people.

Does seem a disappointing way to finish. Compared to Queens and Wimbledon it's an excellent step up for Dan in ATP showings

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i would imagine Evo still struggles a bit on consistency on serve. as we know he isnt that tall so if he cant quite get the rhythm right he may be getting punished. possibly could be why he has a tendency to get broken to love sometimes. still its been a decent start to the year, and it wasn't an awful performance here, he's got 5 matches under his belt already, so hopefully he can play well at AOQ.