Week 23 - Challenger (€137,560+H) - Surbiton Trophy, Surbiton, Surrey, Great Britain (grass)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 23 - Challenger (€137,560+H) - Surbiton Trophy, Surbiton, Surrey, Great Britain (grass)

JonH · All-time great

Bob in Spain wrote:
JonH wrote:
Flight of fancy. If Dan wins today, wins Nottingham next week and wins queens, hed move top 30 and get a Wimbledon seeding.

Just saying...can at least mention it.
Stage 1 complete

Stage 2, 3 and 4 just not in doubt , Bob.

JonH · All-time great

Michael D wrote:
...and shoots up to LR 70
in double confirmation for Jon

-- Edited by Michael D on Sunday 9th of June 2019 04:35:27 PM

Ha!

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Dan is looking very good - hope he can translate this to grass wins at the next level now.

the addict · Tennis legend

I agree, Dan is looking very good indeed. Plenty of variety in his game, looks fit, and has got a run of matches behind him this week.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Stircrazy wrote:
Dan's a !
Final: (4) Daniel Evans WR 80 defeated Viktor Troicki (SRB) WR 256 by 2 & 3

Excellent result another day at the office for Evo

Priesty · Challenger level

Well done Dan!!!

Out of curiosity does anyone know why Troicki has taken such a huge drop in the rankings?

JonH · All-time great

Priesty wrote:
Well done Dan!!!

Out of curiosity does anyone know why Troicki has taken such a huge drop in the rankings?

6 months out with back injury and then struggled since he came back to find form

https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/viktor-troicki-kubler-qualifying-roland-garros-2019

Priesty · Challenger level

Cheers. Hope he can get back on track, he seems quite a character.

Michael D · All-time great

Well Troicki is up 63 to 193 from this week.

indiana · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Brilliant news. Puts Dan up to about 70 in the live rankings.

As well as confirmed WR 70 Dan is race #47, just 16 points behind Cam #44. Kyle is race #71.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

A brief report on the final by the ATP. Dan's the first Brit to win a Challenger singles title on home soil since he himself won his very first in Jersey ten years ago!

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Stircrazy wrote:
A brief report on the final by the ATP. Dan's the first Brit to win a Challenger singles title on home soil since he himself won his very first in Jersey ten years ago!

Fabulous clip in there of Dan, head first and a somersault and winning the point.

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
A brief report on the final by the ATP. Dan's the first Brit to win a Challenger singles title on home soil since he himself won his very first in Jersey ten years ago!

Though as Dan said post-SF, "Jersey's not really at home, is it?"

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Steven
@GBtennis

Surbiton Challenger SF: A twist in the tale - Dan tells us after the match that when he slipped and sat down, he was going to retire, then Copil started telling the crowd he was being a drama queen so he decided to carry on and beat him instead! Oops ...

4:08 pm · 8 Jun 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

That'll teach Copil!

When I listened back later, I realised Dan had followed this up with the line "so he lost the match by opening his mouth". smile

Dan, of course, would never chunter/banter from the back of the court biggrin

It was clear that what really got Dan's back up was the implication that he was taking a tactical MTO - he said afterwards that he never does stuff like that and thinking back, whatever other faults he may have, I'm pretty sure that's not one of them!