I rather suspect Evo as in Evans is presumed by those with Southern accents and those who see it as Eevo have an accent from north of Watford Gap.

So do we say - evolution or eevolution ?

Sadly I am another that always assumed it was Eevo, until I heard the chanting at DC. Fortunately, I had kept my mouth shut until I heard how others were pronouncing "Let's go Evo, let's go" otherwise I could easily have made a fool of myself.

So why Eevo (when I am from south of the Watford Gap) ? Put it down to old age and glue.

Shame you lot have nothing else to talk about

Smethurst just lost the first set 7-5

paulisi wrote:

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Dan is getting thumped, Josh Milton will not get through qualifying either. Both players set to fall down the rankings.

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Well I wouldn't say thumped, but Dan has lost his serve 5 times in a set and a half to a 19 year old ranked in the 900s, and finds himself a set and a break down.

Whenever I've watched Dan and Josh, I thought neither had any obvious weapons, and that Dan's backhand and Josh's serve were big weaknesses, obvious to any opponent within a few points. Good enough for rankings in the 400-600 region perhaps, with a few good futures tournaments per year, but well short of the standard needed to make an impact at Challenger level, let alone in tier 1 ATP tournaments. All players can and should improve their games, so there is always hope that they can both find a way to solve these issues and break through.......Some players believe they are better than their ranking, and that they have something special that will come through in time....I don;t think either of these players has that inner swagger or belief to fall in this camp

Dan now a set and 2 breaks down......OK that's being thumped! Poor result.

Coup Droit wrote:

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Dan loses 7-5 6-1. Ho hum . . . not great (said with understatement . . .)

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 disappointing for Dan but he seems to have reached his level 

Not a bad win that for Mr Milton: will be interesting to see how he does against Mr Kokkinakis. (NB: I had also looked up Mr Styslinger. The fact of his doubles title owes a fair amount, I suspect, to his erstwhile partner, Jarmere Jenkins, who was also the singles finalist ... losing to Blaz Rola. But Mr Styslinger is himself clearly better than his ranking suggests. Mr Kokkinakis' beating both Mitchell Frank - another University of Virginia player and more highly ranked than Mr Styslnger - and Andrew Harris is also  fairly impressive.)

-- Edited by Spectator on Monday 23rd of September 2013 02:17:46 AM