I'm very much with you, GBJ.

I was very impressed by Evan as an 18 year-old. Lots of power, athleticism and natural ball skill.
Then he was injured for so long.
Then played ITFs and I only saw a couple of little bits, here and there.
But then he started playing Challengers and it was all livestreamed.
And ....
My first feeling (as noted on here somewhere, a while ago) that is was just the move up that was an issue and that he had the classic problem on a big hitter who is used to winning points 'too easily' at ITF level - you see it often, the guys with a lot of power wind up their shots, blast it, and stand there admiring the shot because they know it's not coming back. And of course they miss a few but the gameplan works fine.
When they move up a level they realise (you hope) that you need to hit AND MOVE.
Evan absolutely categorically (it seems to me) refuses to 'bounce' when the other player hits the ball, he plays his shot and watches it, and then - god help - suddenly finds the ball has come back and panics. (This is a bit harsh - it's not all the time - but it's often enough). It has to be really, really drilled into someone to hit, prepare stance, bounce.
And only the 'hit' is the fun bit. The two other bits (prepare, bounce) are boring, tiring and 'uncool'. Hence, the need for it be drilled in. Especially if you find it tricky.
But Evan doesn't do it. Hence, he makes tons of mistakes. (He also makes mistakes due to really sloppy footwork even when he's got plenty of time, it's not quite the same issue, but it's all connected).
And I thought it was just the step-up that had caught him out. And that it would get better as he realised. But he doesn't seem to have (the last livestream match I watched was JUST the same).
It's similar to Kyle, in a way, (their games and physiques are not dissimilar, Evan is better at the net, Kyle's power is obviously one notch up) and Kyle really put a huge amount of effort into improving it. And it paid off. It's not his strong point and he may/may not have other, different issues. But he got tons better. Which enabled him to use his weapons better.
So, yes, Evan has a lot of natural talent and attributes for tennis, he's got a lot of potential. But I find it really worrying that he doesn't seem to have made progress in something that is 'easy' (but boring) to work on.

Well, I didn't fancy his chances anyway...

L32:  (WC) Brandon Nakashima (USA) WR 397 defeated (LL) Lloyd Glasspool WR 436 by 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(5)

Liam is serving for the match at 5-3 in the second set.

Liam was pretty unlucky on one of those MPs too....

(He was 5-2 up too)

One set all. But Liam at least holds serve in the first game of the final set, having been taken to deuce.

7-5 5-7 1-0*

Having been broken twice in return, Liam faced a MP at 4-5* Ad but survived to take it to ...

*5-5

6-5*