Stircrazy wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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Michael D wrote:

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Does anyone have an update on Dan's coaching arrangements? That's what I'm really interested in, since we know he has the potential to be back in the top 100. Keep wishing he could get Mark Hilton back, since I think Mark was far more valuable to Dan than he is to Kyle, who has Freddie Rosengren as his main coach.

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He has David Felgate in his corner.  There's a report in today's Times on the outcome of the Dutra Silva match which comments on the new arrangement.  I haven't time to type out the relevant extracts now (have no note of my password for the Times site with me), but as my home IP appears to been banned for some reason best known to the powers that be ( ), the relevant bits will have to wait till tomorrow.

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As promised:

The article is headed:  Revitalised Dan Evans ready to "kick on"

 

Watching on from the side of Melbourne Park's Court 15 - a stone's throw from the city centre - was the animated David Felgate. The 54-year-old former coach of Britain's four-times Wimbledon semi-finalist, Tim Henman, began working with Evans through the renowned Junior Tennis Coaching academy in Chiswick, west London, at the start of the grass-court season last June.

"He [Felgate] obviously knows what he's talking about," Evans said. "It's been going great. I agree with what he says on everything about my game."

Their partnership could well be a fruitful one. Their no-nonsense, straight-talking personalities make for an excellent fit.

"I said to him that I didn't want to be involved unless the target is to be better than he was before," Felgate said. "I love Australia but I don't need to have a holiday. If I can help him I would like to be a part of something that takes him back to better than he was before. I know there is a long way to go for that.

And kick on he has, on the evidence so far at least.  Keep up the good work, lad! 

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 Thanks SC, that has a bit more detail than the earlier Telegraph article posted by BiS. It would seem their partnership is a very new one then, if Felgate is so specifically referencing Australia. Hope it does work out for Dan, early signs are good, after it would seem that the pre-season conditioning Dan did in the US with other was without a specific coach on his side. The relationship with Mark Hilton was brilliant, so just hope that David Felgate can similarly bring out Dan's potential and help him keep the necessary self-discipline intact when he needs support. On that front though, it's great to see Dan looking fit and highly motivated... These qualification wins mean Dan has crept up to LR176 post Aus Open, but would be great to see that Federer/ Istomin clash too!