Week 33 - Challenger ($100,000) - Vancouver - Hard

Rustie · Junior player

RE: Week 33 - Challenger ($100,000) - Vancouver - Hard

thejester · Satellite level

Yeah that period has given him a mountain to climb now. *2-5

Rustie · Junior player

Smith playing so much better now, really finding that first serve.

Now or never for Evo. *2-5

Rustie · Junior player

holds to 15. 4/5 first serves and Evo is out.

Pretty disappointing.

SMC1809 · All-time great

A shame, but a better week than most of us expected. Great to see him back playing Challengers.

thejester · Satellite level

Shame the run couldn't continue today, definitely had a shout in that match
Still, great week for Dan, onwards and upwards - still clearly competitive at this level

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Overall a good week. A bit of composure when calls didn't go Dan's way have cost him imo. But overall a great week that shows he is back. I await with interest where he turns up next!!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Long time reader wrote:
Think that might have been Dan's last chance.

Don't think I have ever seen a more biased umpiring performance.

Absolutely got the feeling that Mike C shared your viewpoint but as commentator he had to bite his tongue. So many overrules and I don't think a single one went in Dan's favour. However, I still think Evo lost because his serve had a "trainwreck" 45 mins in the middle of the match. Fatigue may well have played a part after 7 matches in 8 days, some of which were both physically and mentally draining.

But if one thing has come out of this week for me, it is this. Dan Evans is back.

indiana · Tennis legend

Pity.

But lots of positives to take from the week for Dan and some lessons.

Jan · Hall of fame

Disappointing, but over all a good, encouraging week for Dan.
Hope he can keep this up!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Tough to come all the way through qualies and the main draw, but a great week nonetheless for Evo.

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

Bob in Spain wrote:
Long time reader wrote:
Think that might have been Dan's last chance.

Don't think I have ever seen a more biased umpiring performance.
but as commentator he had to bite his tongue.

Why so?

thejester · Satellite level

Always a little twinge of disappointment when a player loses a match he looks capable of winning
However, a really good performance to come through qualifying, beating a number of players who are in fairly good nick at the moment
The run here should see Evo up to well inside the Top 250 in the race (220-230 - I've been burnt by giving specific (and inaccurate) positions before!) which gives him a great foundation to build on. Onwards and upwards.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Fabulous week for Dan, very enjoyable to follow and little to be critical about in the round.

The third set performance to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat against Daniel Taro has to be one of the best shows of mental strength by Evo in his career, perhaps even any British player in 2016.

To win though qualification and then run deep into a challenger will inevitably mean fatigue will impact at the business end of the week. Hopefully he won't have to do that for much longer and if he can maintain that mental toughness, stay healthy and control the parts of the game he can control he has the all round game to get back to and then better his 2013 level. I am looking forward to watching it.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Sunday 23rd of August 2015 10:55:10 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Certainly that comeback against Daniel Taro ( sic ) was something else and I've truly not seen better from anyone in 2016.

Evo, a man ahead of his time

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 23rd of August 2015 11:11:22 AM