Week 21 - Challenger (€85,000) - Loughborough Trophy, Loughborough, Great Britain (indoor hard)

thejester · Satellite level

RE: Week 21 - Challenger (€85,000) - Loughborough Trophy, Loughborough, Great Britain (indoor hard)

JonH · All-time great

Dan seems to be serving much better this week than in Glasgow (indeed he said so himself in the interview above). Looks like he must have been working on it .

2-3 down second set on service. He also seems to be playing comfortably, happy to win sets with just the odd break, not overextending. Possibly aiming to conserve energy and try and go deep here but also probably aware he could face a 5, 6 , 7 week run on the grass which will give him plenty of tennis and no point wasting energy now!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

4-4* now. Hoping Dan can get it done in 2 sets, just to add to the "energy saving" theme.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Amazing forehand passing shot from Evo early in the TB. *3-3 at change of ends. #Allez

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Evo wins 6-4 7-6(5)

christ · Futures level

Pip pip. So that is 0 points in the bag!

Sim · County player

Good win from Evo, but he still needs to win his next match to get any points.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Great to see Evo so pumped and full of energy in that TB. I don't think Simon missed a 1st serve in the breaker so it was a terrific effort from Evo to come through that. So 5 more ranking points in the bag and a chance to increase that in the MD.

MD qualifier slots are

(7) David Guez
Bradley Mousley
Luke Bambridge
(2) Max Purcell

Take your pick out of that lot.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Re the points, this one always catches people out.

R1 losers in the MD get ZERO points, but there are still 5 points for coming through qualies. They show up on the qualifying draw sheet but not on the MD draw sheet. It is the reverse with prize money, where there is nothing for coming through qualifying but R1 losers get prize money.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Monday 21st of May 2018 12:54:58 PM

seagull · Hall of fame

Fancy Evo to beat any of that lot.

thejester · Satellite level

Those 5 points from quailes will push Evo up to just outside the top 1000, though Im sure were all hoping/expecting him to add a few more this week. If he can stay fit and not run out of gas he should be able to go deep in a field of this quality (or otherwise) youd think.

JonH · All-time great

Excellent - looking at the draw from Dan's perspective:

Guez would then give him Miedler next, chance for refenge if he can get through Guez, who he has beaten on their one occasion in 2 straight comfortable sets

Mousley - then Ante Pavic the 5th seed after that

Bambridge - and then Purcell the 2nd seed next or

Purcell - 2nd seed and then Bambo after that.

I would probably prefer Guez to be honest, or Bambo.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Alex lost the first set in a t-b.

Very close set though.

JonH · All-time great

And Dan has been drawn to play Max Purcell in the opening round. I guess a win will open up the draw! Luke plays Rodionov

seagull · Hall of fame

Its another tiebreak for Alex