Week 9 - Challenger (€64,000+H) - Cherbourg, France (Hard)

RJA · Hall of fame

RE: Week 9 - Challenger (€64,000+H) - Cherbourg, France (Hard)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

What was that dispute about ?

Bright Spark · Lower Club Player

Come on Evo!

LouieG · County player

Throws the break away 3-5*

RJA · Hall of fame

Unbelievable. Broken from 40-0

Mertl serving for the match

LouieG · County player

0 points this week...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, net net, Dan didn't deserve that last set. Shame.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Only saw the last set and a half, but I thought Dan was very passive and his serve let him down. Mertl was more solid.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

I give up! *throws hands in the air & disbelief *

spud · Challenger qualifying

Noticeable that Mertl handled Dan's slice very well, his footwork up to it was very quick so he could take the ball at the highest point.

RJA · Hall of fame

Good first set, brilliant first game of the second set and then it all went wrong. Errors galore and some very poor shot selection on big points. Evo at his maddening worst.

GBJ · Club Coach

I'm a bit late for this match sadly (COME ON DAN!) but does anyone know whether you need a TV licence to stream stuff like this? I dont need one otherwise cos i dont watch anything else live, we just use iplayer etc. The TV licencing authority say you need a licence to stream live TV while it is broadcast but does this count as TV being broadcast? Would it even be being broadcast in the UK anywhere?

Priesty · Challenger level

Very disappointing cry

RJA · Hall of fame

One silver lining here is that unless he has a run in the doubles he will at least have time to get out to Indian Wells and get some practice on outdoor courts before qualifying starts next Tuesday. A deep run here would have meant a mad scramble to reach Indian Wells in time to play and virtually no practice outdoors.

steven · Tennis legend

"La surprise du jour" the tournament's Twitter calls it

I wasn't able to watch but it sounds like that might have been a good thing. Still, Mertl is a top 200 player and all players have bad tournaments - it's trying to have them less often that is key.

For the record:

L32: (3) Dan Evans WR 125 lost to Jan Mertl (CZE) WR 195 (CH 163 in 2007) by 4-6 6-4 6-3

GBJ wrote:
I'm a bit late for this match sadly (COME ON DAN!) but does anyone know whether you need a TV licence to stream stuff like this? I dont need one otherwise cos i dont watch anything else live, we just use iplayer etc. The TV licencing authority say you need a licence to stream live TV while it is broadcast but does this count as TV being broadcast? Would it even be being broadcast in the UK anywhere?

I don't know for sure because it's never been an issue for me, but I believe you only a TV licence to watch a stream if the thing you are watching is being broadcast on TV in the UK at exactly the same time. Hence there might be an issue with main tour events but there shouldn't be a problem with live streams from Challengers or Futures.

-- Edited by steven on Monday 24th of February 2014 08:57:56 PM