Marcus is the first Brit to beat Ed this year, ending his 15-match Brit-bashing streak since the start of the year.
The ITF H2H for the Final is 4-2 to Marcus - he beat Dan in a G4 junior Final in Finland in 2006, lost to him in 3 sets in 2008 then retired against him in their only previous meeting in a Futures Final in Glasgow the same year, before beating him twice in 2010 and then in the Glasgow Fut. QFs this year. Their last 4 meetings have all gone to 3 sets.
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
Let's be frank here, inconsistency doesn't begin to do justice to Evo's career. I fear he will spend a lot of time looking back at what could and indeed should of been and can look in a mirror for who is certainly most to blame.
Would be good if he could win the title here, build on that and really commit to consistently giving of his best. I won't be counting those proverbial chickens.
Sometimes easy to forget that Dan is still only 22 so he still has plenty of time to make it. However I do share your fears that in years to come we will be looking back and thinking what a waste. He clearly has the game to be top 200 and a regular on the challenger tour but for whatever reason he has loses far too many matches that he should win.
Anyone who watched Dan take apart bedene last year at Loughborough would have seen what a talent Dan is. Only in the next match some bad line calls and a few stupid lapses by the umpire ,i think she was reading fifty shades of grey,cost dan a win. People on hear saying his form as been poor this year,what a load of crap . Davis cup coming up .
Thank gawd for the BRITISH TENNIS PRETENTIOUSNESS POLICE for saving me from any more of that.
Sounds a wonderful excuse for not taking responsibility for one's actions and conduct, from a child not doing their homework to many serious crimes. Sorry guv, but it's just in my genes.
Of course we are all made up very differently, but you are just being pretty absurd, possibly just for the sake of it.
Let noone who is generally thought of as not to have put in sufficient effort in their field be ever again criticised, reprimanded, dropped or fired LOL