Week 32 - Challenger ($100,000) - Aptos, CA, USA (Hard)

RJA · Hall of fame

RE: Week 32 - Challenger ($100,000) - Aptos, CA, USA (Hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, on the face of it it ooks like Dan has more chance this year of getting to number 2 in the shorter term with James having nothing to defend late on. Of course Dan could ( hopefully ) have a great end to the year.

Top 4 year to date points ars :

Andy 5250 !

James 256
Dan E 174 ( in running )

Dan C 122 ( in running )

steven · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
steven wrote:
I said somewhere on this thread that a QF win would be enough to take Dan to GB no. 2. I'm not sure how I managed to calculate that, because looking at it this morning, I calculate that he'd actually still be 10 points behind - sorry about that! (hard to believe nobody corrected it on Twitter or here, so perhaps I've gone mad today instead of yesterday ... hmm)
You still haven't got it quite right. James will be on 278 points next Monday. If Dan reaches the SF he will be on 270 points next Monday, so 8 points behind James. If he reaches the final he will be 17 points ahead of James.
However Dan will drop 26 points the following week (27 coming off from his Cumberland title, offset by 1 point from a current non-countable) so he will need to win the tournament if he is to stay above James for more than a week.

Yes, I meant 10 points behind where I must have calculated he'd be, sorry! Not having a good 24 hours LOL

seagull · Hall of fame

Pella has pulled out of Cincinnatti qualifying

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
Pella has pulled out of Cincinnatti qualifying

Damn. I read the first 4 words and started celebrating Evo's passage to the SF.

Then I read the last three words. cry

RJA · Hall of fame

seagull wrote:
Pella has pulled out of Cincinnatti qualifying

Was always going to be the case. Even if he loses tonight there it would have been a huge struggle for him to get to Cincinnati in time for qualifying.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

We'll not be seeing Pospisil on the challenger circuit again any time soon. Davydenko pulled out of their QF after going 3-0 down. 360 ranking points and $135,000. Not bad! He'll be top 40 and should have an SE for Cincinnati.

Josh · Challenger level

Anyone think Dan is starting to play himself into the 2nd singles spot for the Davis Cup tie, if indeed Andy does play.

RJA · Hall of fame

Josh wrote:
Anyone think Dan is starting to play himself into the 2nd singles spot for the Davis Cup tie, if indeed Andy does play.

Leon could certainly have a tough call to make. I am guessing that he will be in New York for US Open qualifying so who out of James and Dan plays the best there might well get the nod.

airsmashers · County player

Awesome play by Dan.

-- Edited by airsmashers on Saturday 10th of August 2013 01:01:46 AM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Wow. Now that was a classy break.

Cross court backhand pass at 30-15 and then the winning lob to seal the set.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Saturday 10th of August 2013 01:14:43 AM

steven · Tennis legend

So glad I stayed up tonight - I've never seen him play as well as that Nice-looking SF now (famous last words!) ... and GB no. 2 really will be at stake this time.

QF: (SE) Dan Evans WR 194 beat (1) Guido Pella (ARG) WR 96 (CH 75 in Jun) 5 & 1 biggrin

SF: (SE) Dan Evans WR 194 v (Q) Farrukh Dustov (UZB) WR 213 (CH 173 in 2007)

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 10th of August 2013 01:47:54 AM

RJA · Hall of fame

Looks like it will be an even later start for Dan than we had expected. The first two quarter finals both went to 3 sets (wins for Dustov and Klahn) so we are probably looking at another 2 hours, maybe longer, before Dan gets on court.

Reeltime · Satellite level

How we looking re. Dans start time tonight. I really hate not having decent internet access!

RJA · Hall of fame

Donskoy was good enough to win his match quickly. Dan is on court now warming up.