Week 18 - ATP 250 - Millennium Open, Estoril, Portugal (clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 18 - ATP 250 - Millennium Open, Estoril, Portugal (clay)

indiana · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QR1: (q2) Daniel Evans WR 86 vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) WR 171 (CH = 168 two weeks ago)

Hey but at least we've got Dan's H2H vs Fratangelo figured out if and when they should meet again

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QR1: (q2) Daniel Evans WR 86 vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) WR 171 (CH = 168 two weeks ago)

Sorry to be picky but shouldn't this be FQR ?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
QR1: (q2) Daniel Evans WR 86 vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) WR 171 (CH = 168 two weeks ago)
Sorry to be picky but shouldn't this be FQR ?

Yep. Well spotted, Bob. Usual copying & pasting oversight. Corrected.

flamingowings · All-time great

Q spots are: (8) de Minaur, defending champion Sousa, Fritz or (SE) Krajinovic.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Bob in Spain wrote:
Helen40 wrote:
I can't remember, how is Dan on clay?
Underrated

So, better than his ranking you mean?

JonH · All-time great

I think Dan has never really given himself much chance on the red stuff so his quality is largely untested, but he did ok at Barcelona before his ban in his first real big event outside Paris. Having spent time practicing with Federer last week , his confidence should be higher and a win should be possible today.

flamingowings · All-time great

Dan has started.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Helen40 wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Helen40 wrote:
I can't remember, how is Dan on clay?
Underrated
So, better than his ranking you mean?

Probably where his ranking is at the moment. I often get the feeling that some people say Dan should use the clay season for some rest or follow the hard court challengers because clay is not for him.

It is not his best surface, but that could be said of many people. I would put Dan as Top 100 on Clay and Top 50 (or better) on other surfaces.

Dan doing his best to prove my point right now and is 5-2* up.

JonH · All-time great

First set evo

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

1st set in the bag 6-3

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
FQR: (q2) Daniel Evans WR 86 vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) WR 171 (CH = 168 two weeks ago)

Looks as though Dan went walkabout in the second set, losing it by 1-6. cry

Julia Carrot · All-time great

I dont know what Dan is going on about but I wish he would shut up.

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Sunday 28th of April 2019 12:40:07 PM

flamingowings · All-time great

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
FQR: (q2) Daniel Evans WR 86 vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) WR 171 (CH = 168 two weeks ago)
Looks as though Dan went walkabout in the second set, losing it by 1-6.

Or just maybe his opponent is good/playing better/worked out the game strategy? Fokina is 19 so an up and comer, was SF at the junior FO and winner of junior Wimbledon in the same year. He *can* play.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Dan really losing it now