Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Is Evans a threat to make some upsets at indian wells or Miami ?? probably more at Miami with all the party going on.
I STUMBLE WITH EVANS: Pub Crawl to an intoxicating first title
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Berasategui94
Semi-Pro
I think he's got potential to upset pretty much everyone on hardcourt on his day except for Djokovic (or Nadal). Remember how he was close to beating Wawrinka in the 2016 US Open which Wawrinka eventually won. It was a great match between two players with contrasting styles.
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Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
can he beat Djokovic ? that is the important question. novak is boring, he wins too much, he must lose.
irishnadalfan1983
Hall of Fame
Looks like qualifying in Indian Wells doesn't start until Tuesday March 5th - 8 days away.....Will give him a good chance to rest and get over final defeat....
D-Lite
Hall of Fame
Evans has been drawn against Maxime Cressy (WC, World #310) at the Oracle Challenger Series Indian Wells event taking place this week. Evan's victor, Radu Albot has a bye into R2 - whether either of them will still play the event after the match yesterday, I'm not sure.
Also to note - Kyle Edmund has taken a WC into the challenger event, presumably in order to gain some match practice before Indian Wells proper.
irishnadalfan1983
Hall of Fame
Cheers! I must have read it wrong...So how many matches does he have to play to get into main event? When is he likely to have to play?
irishnadalfan1983
Hall of Fame
Dammit! Just looked online and looks he is playing tomorrow...Not much rest time!
Harry_Wild
G.O.A.T.
Albot got the title! Evan just did not have the stuff for the championship match!
mental midget
Hall of Fame
evans is a talented guy--not a powerhouse but can do it all. with some real focus and dedication he looks like a top 25 guy at least. the fact he gave federer a lot of trouble earlier this year seems justified now.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Peak Evans on a HC is very dangerous and was on his way in 2016 (USO 2R defeat of Zedraffe, held MP on eventual champion Slaminal in 3R) before the 2017 drug suspension. He is now getting a little extra time in IW with the Challenger so he could be the ultimate dangerous floater the following week.
speedysteve
Legend
Didn't Evans get close to winning that when a ball called out that Albot returned very weakly.
Evans challenged won..
Evans stoic!
Need auto line calls as the next gen have..
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Evans challenged won..
Evans stoic!
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D-Lite
Hall of Fame
Last year's qualifying event at IW was just 2 matches to get the Q entry - so I presume that will be the same again this year. As for the start date, IW is due to begin on Monday, 4th March; however, I am sure the qualies don't normally start until Tuesday/Wednesday of that week.
If I were Dan Evans, I'd skip the IW challenger and focus on getting the Q for IW and being fresh enough for the Qs at Miami directly after too. If he can battle through both Qs, he has a good chance of gaining some decent points, and let's face it, he could probably do with facing more top players. I know he's encountered a fair few over the years, but playing them a lot more regularly will set him up for handling them better at the big events and particularly at Wimbledon where I imagine he will have a lot of media focus on him this year (presuming he maintains this form).
Edit: I've just checked the points breakdown: it's 125 points if you win the 125K event at IW, where as it's 90 points (R16) or 180 points (QF) at IW Masters. Perhaps Dan will test the water at IW 125K - if he loses early he can still play qualies at IW; if he goes deep or wins it he won't need to play IW Masters as he would have to win 2 Q matches and 3/4 MD matches to get what you'd get as the W of 125K. If he achieved that, he can rest and get to Miami early to target a good run there. I think he either needs to rest this week or go for the W at 125K this week and skip IW Masters - he's played a lot lately and won't want to risk injury or exhaustion in current form.
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irishnadalfan1983
Hall of Fame
Cheers....Yeah I am totally confused
I was presuming he was just playing your standard qualies which is what I looked up and saw they start on the Tuesday....I am a bit confused as to what he has to do to get into main draw now....I would have thought just resting up this week and starting next week on the Tuesday would have been best tactic....In saying that I am slightly confused with the process now.....So what does he have to do at challenger event to get into main event??!
D-Lite
Hall of Fame
Cheers....Yeah I am totally confused
I presume the qualifying competition entry list works the same way the main draw entry list does? If so, it's actually likely he wasn't ranked high enough at that stage to even enter the qualifying competition. So, he may well just play the 125K event. The same goes for Miami - no idea if he can even play the qualies.
Presuming he can't play qualies, I imagine he will play IW 125K, have a week off next week and then play the Arizona Tennis Classic w/c 11th March.
irishnadalfan1983
Hall of Fame
Cool....Not sure how qualies work - I just presumed he was high enough....Anyway hopefully he will get high enough on the rankings soon so don't need to work this out
stringertom
Bionic Poster
IW/Miami MS1000 are 96-draw so Evans’ #147 ranking after AO should get him in qualies at Miami. Unfortunately, the 1/27 ranking is not 6-weeks-out for IW unless they waive that stupid timeframe that is one week off for this tournament. His qualies/3R points at Melbourne bounced him from the high 160’s and that might not be enough to make the cut this next week.
irishnadalfan1983
Hall of Fame
Just won the first set!
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Evans won a 5-set DC match with Istomin last fall (Glasgow, indoor HC).
Latetothegame
Semi-Pro
Now on live ranking 100, he is working hard to get back to where he was.
irishnadalfan1983
Hall of Fame
Hopefully he can get a bit further inside the top 100 to ensure qualification for the French Open.....Just worried he is going to hit a wall soon!
flyingboris
Legend
I'm more worried he'll hit a bar soon..
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Clay is not Evo’s surface. He’s played 18 matches in nine years on dirt and seven of those (2-5) in the one year (2017) he got ranked high enough to play ATP that spring. It will be a nice paycheck though to lose 1R at RG. Before that, I would not be surprised if he stays at Challenger level and play some HC tournaments in either North America or Asia.
irishnadalfan1983
Hall of Fame
I hear you but the pay is massive...Really surprised at how low the cash is outside the big events...He probably won’t do much clay prep and turn up at FO for prestige and cash....His winnings are covering him at the moment but not much more I’d say!
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Up a break, 4-3, vs TTW forum member Jason Jung in IW Challenger QF.
Latetothegame
Semi-Pro
It could be an Evo/edmund final, that would be interesting
stringertom
Bionic Poster
If he wins this title (just 25 points shy of last week’s final tally) he will be at #83.
EloQuent
Legend
What’s his schedule next few weeks? Tournament entries are on a like 6 (?) week delay, so he's still treated like a 150
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Location, location, location. If you’re a MD entry on the mend (Edmund) or attempting to qualify for IW (Rublev, Evans, Bolt, Maden, Jung, Harris, Caruso), get there early, get some points and get paid while acclimating to the conditions.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Evans wins 4&4. Plays the Rublev/Bolt winner. Russian Currency is up early 3-1.
Latetothegame
Semi-Pro
It's not easy getting out of the mire of the the challenger circuit, 6 matches against hungry players to earn very little points, that's why Dan went for delray beach, but he missed an opportunity at the wire, his opponent is now in the 50's rank
Anyway onwards and upwards, so much effort of so little points
stringertom
Bionic Poster
He’s made quite the climb though. When he resumed playing at the end of April he was qualifying for 80-point Challengers in Britain and IIRC dependent on getting WCs for those chances.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
It’s probably going to be a three-horse race for Brit #1 race by the end of 2019...Edmund, Norrie and Evans. Edmund sheds a lot of clay points the next two points; Norrie defends very little in IW/Miami before going to clay; Evans has nothing to defend until grass and then it’s only Challenger points for the rest of the season.
With Edmund’s long layoff, I don’t have a favorite in this race. He currently leads with 1440 points; Norrie has 957; Evans trails at 591. I could see Evans making a push starting in June on grass and erasing chunks really quickly through the rest of the year.
D-Lite
Hall of Fame
I wasn't expecting to see Dan's name in the qualifying draw - so I was really glad to see the result today. Hopefully he can make the main draw, and have a shot at playing some big names.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
By my amazing power of deduction, I have concluded that February 10 rankings were the basis for establishing DE into the qualifying draw...Salvatore Caruso is listed on the drawsheet as last DE at #173. He was at #173 for only that one week. Evo was #147 that week. Ergo, in!!!
He actually was inside that number immediately following AO (week of 1/27) at #163, which I had incorrectly thought was too late to impact this draw. Perhaps the six-week timeframe is only slams???
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Double breadsticks baked by Daniel “Baker” Evans for Noah Rubin!!!
newyorkstadium
Professional
Even at his peak, Evans was often a guy who would squeak through challenger matches against lower ranked players. Right now, he’s barely dropping a set. It looks like his volleys and returns have gone up a level to me.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Evans draws Stanimal for a rematch of their epic USO’16 3R match in which Evo had MP on the eventual champion!
flyingboris
Legend
Ouch. Stan is looking very dangerous lately.
D-Lite
Hall of Fame
Of course, playing such a quality opponent in R1 isn't ideal, but at this stage I think Dan needs to play some top players sooner rather than later to prepare him for the rest of the season. He's obviously beaten some decent opponents of late, but playing the true elite in current men's tennis will really allow him to guage where he is at and adjust accordingly. I think the guy has realised his previous mistakes and he's being very professional about his comeback thus far. Really keen to see what he can do over the next year.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
My pointy-eared Spockian logic says Evo, who looks closer to his pre-suspension form every match, has a great chance vs Stanimal, who is still a bit short of his fittest days.
Should be a cracker!
Should be a cracker!
D-Lite
Hall of Fame
I need to catch some highlights later - a decent scoreline anyhow even if it was an L for Evans. Did anyone see the match? Any observations?
I really do think he has a good crack over the next 2/3 seasons to make up for his mistakes of the past few years.
Onto Miami, at least Dan has some time to rest now as he's played, and won, many matches this year. Perhaps a blessing in disguise? I certainly hope so.
irishnadalfan1983
Hall of Fame
I think he might be playing the Phoenix Challenger...Read it on some Twitter account but not 100% sure!
Joseph_K
Hall of Fame
As the final score of 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3 shows, the first-round match in Indian Wells yesterday between Dan Evans and Stan Wawrinka was a close one that might have gone either way. Evans broke serve early twice in the first set but was broken back immediately both times. At 5-6 he saved three set points, all at the net and all with backhand volleys! In the tiebreak Evans led 4-0 and then 6-1 before taking it 7-4.
In the second set Wawrinka, who had been making a lot of unforced errors, settled down and began to play a more consistent game. Two breaks of serve gave the Swiss player that set, 6-3.
There was some excellent, offensive and versatile tennis from Evans in the final set. His only problem was that, after creating multiple break points, he was unable to convert any of them. This was mainly because Wawrinka played too well on each of them. At 2-all Evans had Wawrinka at 0-40 on the Swiss player's serve, and at 3-all Evans had another three break points. But it wasn't to be and the loss of his own serve at 3-4 proved fatal for Evans. He had played as well as Wawrinka for most of the match and was unluckly to draw such a talent in the first round.
In the second set Wawrinka, who had been making a lot of unforced errors, settled down and began to play a more consistent game. Two breaks of serve gave the Swiss player that set, 6-3.
There was some excellent, offensive and versatile tennis from Evans in the final set. His only problem was that, after creating multiple break points, he was unable to convert any of them. This was mainly because Wawrinka played too well on each of them. At 2-all Evans had Wawrinka at 0-40 on the Swiss player's serve, and at 3-all Evans had another three break points. But it wasn't to be and the loss of his own serve at 3-4 proved fatal for Evans. He had played as well as Wawrinka for most of the match and was unluckly to draw such a talent in the first round.
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