Week 5 - Challenger ($100,000) - RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, Tx (hard)

thejester · Satellite level

RE: Week 5 - Challenger ($100,000) - RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, Tx (hard)

Jan · Hall of fame

oh wow!
Had to disappear for a bit and come back to see he's done it!
Well done indeed Dan!!

Priesty · Challenger level

Well done Dan on Itoing the Tatsuma and making the final smile gutted I couldn't watch live cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Wow! Didn't expect what was ultimately a fairly comprehensive win! Well done, Dan! biggrin

indiana · Tennis legend

Evo in running :

60 points
WR 158
GB ranking 4 ( moves ahead of James )
ATP Race 31

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Just love watching Dan's matches. Though he did verge on going mentally awry in this one for a bit.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Not the same standard as yesterday, and I think Ito was tired after his bruising encounter against Tiafoe. Nevertheless, Dan beat a player ranked 40 places above him without playing his best which is very encouraging. AALLLLLLEEEEEZZ!!!!!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Sorry Kedders. But a 3am (ish) start time is too late even for me. I am such a lightweight. disbelief

And with the final tomorrow scheduled for an evening session as well, that may be my lot for Dallas this year. Will just have to hope I wake up to the right results.

Jan · Hall of fame

Good luck Kyle!

paulisi · Tennis legend

Saw most of the match. First two sets Dan wasn't anywhere near the level he played earlier in the week. His serve was under pressure regularly and there were more unforced errors, but he was still way too good for Ito in the first set.

Third set Dan was outstanding and back to his best.

The one thing I have noticed this week is that he gets an awful lot of balls back in play and his return of serve has improved a lot. This will always give him a chance as he is such a good ball striker.

I said yesterday Dan would win the tournament if he maintained the levels I still think he will.

thejester · Satellite level

4 wins in a decent challenger field, all against players ranked higher than Dan. This week turns what was already a solid start to 2016 into a really good one

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Nice win! Dan tense compared to previous games, worried how things would go at the end of the second. To be fair he fought off multiple break points and after 4 or 5 of them I began to feel as if they were a minor inconvience for him, got the felling Ito felt the same.

steven · Tennis legend

No break points for either player until the 12th game then Kyle strikes to take the 1st set 7-5

Priesty · Challenger level

And Kedders holds up his end of the deal with a couple of booming FHs down the line to win 7-5 6-3!!!!

steven · Tennis legend

SF: Dan Evans WR 174 beat (6) Tatsuma Ito (JPN) WR 131 (CH 60 in 2012) by

SF: (2) Kyle Edmund WR 102 beat (4) Tim Smyczek (USA) WR 105 (CH 68 last Apr) by 5 & 3

FINAL: (2) Kyle Edmund WR 102 v Dan Evans WR 174

The first all-GB ATP Challenger singles final for nearly 11 years, since Boggo beat Mark Hilton in Nottingham in 2005 ... and the first outside the UK this century (possibly ever)!