Week 23 - ATP Challenger 125 - Rothesay Open - Nottingham, Great Britain (grass)

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

RE: Week 23 - ATP Challenger 125 - Rothesay Open - Nottingham, Great Britain (grass)

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Dan takes a leaf out of Andy's coach's book: Kick the guy when he's down. Dan holds to luv, wins the first set.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (WC/1) Daniel Evans WR 35 defeated (8) Marc-Andrea Hüsler (SUI) WR 123 by 4 & 4

*****

SF: (WC/1) Daniel Evans WR 35 vs (7) Jack Sock (USA) WR 110

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Nice and easy Dan!

Lee · Lower Club Player

Stircrazy wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
indiana wrote:
Yay, Dan could a real help towards 20 in the top 500

This is Dan Cox, SC - as the next contender for the top 500 (he's right on the cusp after today's win)
And Bob and Jaggy have a gentleman's wager as to which will happen first: (1) 20 GB men in the top 500 (Bob), or (2) 10 GB men in the top 250 (Jaggy)
It's got legs, this bet......
But is quite good fun, especially as it's all to the good - i.e. based on LOTS of GB players doing well....
My point was that there's at least one word missing from Indy's comment.

could be a be

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Evo v Sock will be fun. Id pay to see that. They attempted being doubles partners before Covid , in IW or Miami or somewhere - dont think it ever happened. But I suspect this will be spicy on court and heated as well, although I think they are friends they will both want to win.

With this and Andy v Nick K, this is quite a day of tennis l

adz1983 · Intermediate Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
Evo v Sock will be fun. Id pay to see that. They attempted being doubles partners before Covid , in IW or Miami or somewhere - dont think it ever happened. But I suspect this will be spicy on court and heated as well, although I think they are friends they will both want to win.

With this and Andy v Nick K, this is quite a day of tennis l

I think Sock and Neal Skupski are close and nearly teamed up

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (WC/1) Daniel Evans WR 35 defeated (7) Jack Sock (USA) WR 110 by 5 & 3

*****

Final: (WC/1) Daniel Evans WR 35 vs (SE/3) Jordan Thompson (AUS) WR 74 (CH = 43 in July 2019)

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

That was the most entertaining match I've seen in ages.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

If you like trick shots / shots of the month, watch the 5th game of the 2nd set.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

stevemcqueen wrote:
That was the most entertaining match I've seen in ages.

I will watch it later - my wife and I have been sniffling and coughing together and she hates tennis ! Dog not very happy with life ! Owners very boring !

Julia Carrot · All-time great

It was so good. I especially liked Jack's 'dervishing' shot but as Dan said, '"not here for 'shot of the week' ".

Jan · Hall of fame

Fabulous! Very entertaining. Looking forward to the final tomorrow!

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

Dan proving once again why he is the Brit of choice for so many tennis fans with a few hours to burn.

-- Edited by Jeff Stelling on Saturday 11th of June 2022 09:59:10 PM

emmsie69 · Top national player

Jeff Stelling wrote:
Dan proving once again why he is the Brit of choice for so many tennis fans with a few hours to burn.

-- Edited by Jeff Stelling on Saturday 11th of June 2022 09:59:10 PM

I absolutely love his game, unpopular round here, but I cannot watch Murray at all, Dan I could cheerfully watch all day. He can be an utter knob sometimes and I'd be interested to know if he has every been diagnosed with something on the autism spectrum (ADD, ADHD possibly) but he sure can play entertaining Tennis.