L16: (7) Tom Farquharson WR 630 defeated (Q) Marco di Maro (ITA) UNR L16: (4) Dan Smethurst WR 473 defeated (Q) Sizya Ernest Kivanda UNR by 2 & 3
L16: (6) Dan Evans WR 491 defeated Alex Jhun WR 1156 by 4 & 2 L16: (2) Sam Barry (IRL) WR 419 defeated Julian Cash UNR by 3 & 3
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QF: (Q) Bjorn Thomson (IRL) WR 2004 (CH = 1856 in September last year) vs Jamie Whiteford WR 1876 QF: Lloyd Glasspool UNR vs (5) Mick Lescure (France) WR 652 (CH = 544 last month) QF: (7) Tom Farquharson WR 630 vs (4) Dan Smethurst WR 473 QF: (6) Dan Evans WR 491 vs (2) Sam Barry (IRL) WR 419
Evo's match against Barry should be a better measure of where he stands now.
Evo already up inside the provisional 300 in the race. If he does manage to go deep this week I'll reckon he's earned a bit of time to rest before he makes his next move! Today would be his 12th win in a row if he sees it out, and his 17th out of 18 matches I believe
Will be interesting to see where he does play next. He isn't entered into anything for the next two weeks. I just wonder if he might try and turn up and sign in for qualifying at the Challenger coming up in Spain(Sergovia).
Will be interesting to see where he does play next. He isn't entered into anything for the next two weeks. I just wonder if he might try and turn up and sign in for qualifying at the Challenger coming up in Spain(Sergovia).
It's anybody's guess to be honest - it is Evo after all! I wouldn't have thought a 2-week block of rest and training would be a bad idea. He's got nothing to defend (other than 8 points dropping on 3rd August) until next May (!) so there's absolutely no need for him to point-chase at the minute. That said, he's bound to be feeling pretty confident off the back of this run so maybe he should just keep going until the wins stop flowing!
Evo has had BPs in 3-4 of Sam Barry's service games and now has 3 to take the set. 1 saved, 2 saved, and the 3rd saved as well. Advantages both ways, back to deuce for a 3rd time, another set point saved by Barry, and Evo will need to serve for the set *5-3
Dan S is still a break up on Tom F, lots of long games, Smethy saving BP to lead 5-3*