Week 35 - Challenger - Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell, Mallorca, Spain (€43,000+H) (hard)

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Week 35 - Challenger - Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell, Mallorca, Spain (€43,000+H) (hard)

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Tie break time

NK serving first (NK score first)

1-0*
1-1* (Good bh winner from JW)
*2-1 (mini break)
*3-1 JW with ue error after a long rally in which JW had done some excellent retrieving
4-1*
5-1* service return winner
*6-1 good deep return and JW goes deep for five set points
*6-2 saves 1!
7-2 but not the 2nd.. One set all.

LouieG · County player

Come on Wardy!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Squeaky culo time.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
JonH wrote:
Nice win for Dan, excellent. Moraing or Brands next if I recall correctly?
L16: Daniel Brands (GER) WR 213 (CH = 51 in August 2013) vs (ALT) Daniel Evans WR 224

L32: (WC) Nicola Kuhn (ESP) WR 380 defeated (ALT) James Ward WR 247 by 6-7(6) 7-6(2) 7-6(4) disbelief

in three hours & six minutes.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Disappointing. The failure to take the three break points at 5-5 was costly eventually. A v tight game, but Kuhn had more break point chances and probably just about deserved it. He looks a bright prospect, but a tough one for James to take.

indiana · Tennis legend

Bah, so close

1-6 so far today across our men's and women's singles. Well done Marshall Tutu in Romania.

The biggest ones left - Andy and Cam. C'mon guys !

indiana · Tennis legend

And so it became 1-8 for the day

Evo returns to action here on Thursday in R2, after sitting out the day of gloom, as our other singles representative left anywhere along with Marshall in Romania.

It's Daniel vs Daniel due to start proceedings on Center Court from 11.30 am local, 10.30 BST.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Allez

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Or in our case, Allons-y ???

huntley93 · Strong Club Player

saw brands play at the glasgow challenger, powerful baseline game and i think he will cause evo some problems

Bruce · Lower Club Player

Not a good start. British Daniel served first and was broken.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Ah, but he's got it now, 4 - 3, on serve, but starting to show he is the better player.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Close but overall Brands deserved that set.
The possible wrong call in the last game might have got Evo's gander up though....

Julia Carrot · All-time great

I didn't see what happened but his attitude now is not good.