Week 24 - ATP World Tour 250 - Queen's Club, UK (Grass)

RJA · Hall of fame

RE: Week 24 - ATP World Tour 250 - Queen's Club, UK (Grass)

steven · Tennis legend

L56: (WC) James Ward WR 155 beat Blaz Rola (SLO) WR 91 (= CH) by 5 & 4
L56: (WC) Dan Evans WR 139 beat Jürgen Melzer (AUT) WR 51 (CH 8 in 2011) by 6-3 7-6()
L56: (WC) Dan Cox WR 214 lost to Adrian Mannarino (FRA) WR 83 (CH 49 in 2011) by 5 & 2

L32: (WC) James Ward WR 155 v (4) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) WR 13 (CH 12 last month)
L32: (WC) Dan Evans WR 139 v (7) Kevin Anderson (RSA) WR 18 (= CH)

James v Dimitrov H2H: 1-0 - 5 & 6 on clay in Spain (Castelldefels) back in 2008 when Dimi was 16

Evo v Anderson H2H: 0-1 - big Kev beat Dan at the Granby Challenger back in 2009 but it was very close - 7-5 6-7(5) 7-6(3)

-- Edited by steven on Monday 9th of June 2014 04:58:29 PM

RJA · Hall of fame

Evo and Ward are both back in action tomorrow. Evo first up on centre court (12:30) and Ward 3rd match on centre. They are also down to play doubles, 5th match on court 9.

spud · Challenger qualifying

Would expect both of them to have a decent chance of winning sets if their opponents aren't 100%.

Dimitrov very up and down in my opinion.

Think Evans's slice might be pretty effective against a tall Anderson but it depends if Anderson is hitting to big for Dan to get a real bite on the ball in the first place

LouieG · County player

This will be Ward's 3rd & Evo's 4th match on grass this season compared to their opponents 1st, this combined with a home crowd may give our boys a chance!

-- Edited by LouieG on Monday 9th of June 2014 07:19:51 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

How was Evo's movement? Was the knee a problem today?

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Slightly, at least. He had the tape on it adjusted during the match (at least, I think it was adjusted, but I confess I hadn't noticed it there earlier - it was pretty much flesh coloured)

RJA · Hall of fame

He had tape on his knee but his movement looked absolutely fine.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Evo is now 2nd match on Centre, the Feli Lopez/Lajovic match left over from yesterday is first, starting at noon.

Sofa · Social player

Madeline wrote:
Evo is now 2nd match on Centre, the Feli Lopez/Lajovic match left over from yesterday is first, starting at noon.

I am really looking forward to watching Dan's match today - he played so well yesterday. Come on Dan! smile

RJA · Hall of fame

A 2 and 3 loss probably wasn't the fairest reflection on Dan's match but he needed to serve better to have a real chance. It was always going to be difficult to break Anderson on grass and so Dan had to be solid on his own serve. Not his best performance but not too bad either. If he gets a good draw at Eastbourne or Wimbledon he has the chance to do some damage in tournaments where slightly more generous points are available. Queen's is a mugs game where early round wins are very nice but offer no more points than high level challengers.

thegingerlightbulb · Intermediate Club Player

Well it's a great warm up tournament for Murray and players ranked in the top 75 or so, but yes, for players of Evan's or Ward's rank there is little chance that a significant ranking rise will result from playing here. That's presumably why most of our lower ranked players are over at Nottingham

RJA · Hall of fame

Ward played a great set and then made three unforced errors to throw the set away from *5-6 (40-15)

-- Edited by RJA on Tuesday 10th of June 2014 04:33:18 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Evo was outclassed and could cope with the big serve.

Dino on the other hand is giving Dimitrov a bit of a match.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Thoughts on Dan's apparent statements regarding Bedene?