Week 14 - Futures F2 ($10K) - Khon Kaen, Thailand - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Week 14 - Futures F2 ($10K) - Khon Kaen, Thailand - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Yet another Final for Evo

SF: (4) Dan Evans WR 313 beat (Q) Sam Barry (IRL) WR 1239 by 3 & 5

FI: (4) Dan Evans WR 313 v (1) Danai Udomchoke (THA) WR 314 (CH 77 in 2007)

Udomchoke is on a 9-match winning streak having won THA F1 last week and on a 14-match winnng streak in Futures (since losing in R1 in AUS F13 last November), having won Cambodia F1 in January too - in between those wins, he reached the semis in Caloundra but hasn't done too well in the other Challengers he has played. In fact, going back to last October when he won to Futures in Japan, he is on a 24-match winning streak in Asian Futures!

Can Evo (who is now 15-3 since the start of March and in his 7th Futures Final in just under 7 months!) end Udomchoke's various winning streaks in his first meeting with him and thus end his own 8-Final losing streak?

-- Edited by steven on Friday 8th of April 2011 06:38:52 AM

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

get in!

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

get in evoo!! def back in the top 300 now, really think he needs to win these sort of matches, if he's going to get out of these futures and challenge on the challenger tout week in week out

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, it's about time he won one of these finals and thought about going back on the Challenger circuit on a regular basis. Easier said than done of course, but there seems to be plenty of evidence that he is really knuckling down after his various problems of the last year or so, just as OEM implied after interviewing him, and it's great to see

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

It is indeed. I've always had a liking for Evo, though at times he made it a bit difficult!

HossTheBoss · Strong Club Player

Just heard Evo beaten 2 and 4

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

bad luck squire, now follow it up with a big week in China

Salmon · Tennis legend

An okay week for him. I'm not over the moon because frankly he's better than this!

Good luck in China, china.

steven · Tennis legend

From @jamessymac on twitter (an AM.commer, I think - or is he the James who posts here too?) - a pic of the three Brits in Thailand last week looking happy:

http://on.fb.me/fFvFsD

If you click the 'back to album' link from there, there are a couple of pics of Evo pre and post-Final too.

James · Satellite level

It's actually '@jamesymac' and, well, I won't actually answer your question as surely this response is affirmation enough wink

steven · Tennis legend

1) Oops ashamed

2) Thank you smile

3) Please forgive me for accusing you of being an AM.commer biggrin - I was just thrown by the fact you hadn't posted the link here too!

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Bit late but when was the last time we had 3 brit finalists in 3 different countries (outside the UK) in the same week?

indiana · Tennis legend

Even happier if it happens twice in 2 weeks smile

Still going in 4 countries as we speak.

SMC1809 · All-time great

I make it 5 countries. Even more chance.