Wardy won here in 2011, just after the last time he reached the Lexington Final (it's also the last of his two Challenger singles titles)

If Evo isn't up for another bit of Donskoy-bashing (think Coventry DC!), he can't be up for anything - so hopefully he is! H2H is 1-2, the other two being a 5 & 4 loss in Roland Garros juniors in 2008 & a 3-set loss in an Italian Futures event in 2010.

Updated with the above and the new rankings:

L32: Dan Evans WR 248 v (1) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) WR 84 (CH 65 earlier this month)
L32: (SE) James Ward WR 179 v (Q) James McGee (IRL) WR 263 (CH 241 in May)

Dan is due to play on the streamed court tonight ... but not before 01.30 BST

-- Edited by steven on Monday 29th of July 2013 09:37:31 AM

LouieG wrote:

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Wow, polar opposites in the draw. Surely Evo is due a win though!

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Yeh, if he wins he may even treat himself to a night out in town! 

He doesn't normally need an excuse.

Evans' match has started

Early signs are that Donskoy is playing a lot of top spin and playing slightly loftier strokes, making Dan put the work onto the ball. 2-0 to Donskoy but Evans at BP, and Evans puts it back on serve. If Dan gets his eye in (as we saw in DC) and Donskoy plays as passively as he did at the Ricoh, good shot at this today. All about where Dan's mind is at I suppose.