Not a fab tb from Dan, he didn't serve well.  Overall though, he will take many positives from the match and the week.  It was a very close match against a top hundred player who is very strong on grass.  JC's forehand was monster good today.  The match turned on fine margins.  Dan had more BPs than JC.  And Dan can now have a couple of days off!

Hopefully Nottingham will do Dan a solid and not schedule him until Tuesday to give him a real break.

Press release with Chardy quote:

Jeremy Chardy brought Dan Evans run of six straight victories to an end with a 64 76(3) victory over the Briton in their semi-final clash at the Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy on Saturday.

The big-serving Frenchman, who is the top seed in the mens draw, was in impressive form as he overcame qualifier Evans in a tight affair in one hour 25 minutes.

It was a really close match. Its always the same on the grass courts, you need to hold your serve and try to take your chances which I did in the first set and in the second set I played a really good tiebreak so thats why I won. I feel good to win and to be in the final, said the former world No. 25

Coup Droit wrote:

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Congrats to Chardy ('Jim') who beat the young pretender in 3 sets.

He's good to watch, graceful tennis, a crowd favourite (seemingly with the ladies especially), a good guy, and at least Evo can say he lost to the eventual champion !

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 And he is an honorary Brit as well! Well, he has married an English lady and lives in South West London, so probably as British enough in my eyes!  

There's a video interview with him on ATP Challenger page where he talks about Surbiton, Queens and Wimbledon all being home events for him more than Paris ever was with only rg and bercy nearby!