Week 16 - ATP 500 - Open Banc Sabadell - Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 16 - ATP 500 - Open Banc Sabadell - Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
SF: (Q) Máximo González & Andrés Molteni (ARG/ARG) CR 57 (27+30) vs Lloyd Glasspool & Harri Heliövaara (FIN) CR 22 (11+11)

QF: (1) Wesley Koolhof (NED) & Neal Skupski CR 2 (1+1) defeated Nicolas Mahut & Stefanos Tsitsipas (FRA/GRE) CR 219 (41+178) by 6-4 3-6 [10-7]

*****

SF: (1) Wesley Koolhof (NED) & Neal Skupski CR 2 (1+1) vs Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (IND/AUS) CR 37 (13+24)

Matt & "Bops" beat Mektic & Pavic (4) in three sets in the first round...

miriam abc · Strong Club Player

stevemcqueen wrote:
Dan played a decent match. Let us hope that this form continues. There were at least 4 people in his corner, does anyomne know who they are? I'm sure that one of them was Sebastian Prieto, his coach.

His girlfriend Alison is there.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

miriam abc wrote:
stevemcqueen wrote:
Dan played a decent match. Let us hope that this form continues. There were at least 4 people in his corner, does anyomne know who they are? I'm sure that one of them was Sebastian Prieto, his coach.
His girlfriend Alison is there.

Aleah, I think?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lost that set 6-2. Hes playing with Cerundolo next week in Madrid. Didnt Norrie partner him recently as well? Must get on with the Brits on tour? Probably through Prieto and doesnt Cam have an Argentinian coach as well?

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

This isn't top level from either player. It is with serve in the 2nd, Dan receives at 5-4.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Evo is a joy to watch

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QF: (15) Francisco Cerúndolo (ARG) WR 32 (CH = 24 last July) vs (12) Daniel Evans WR 26

The fightback starts here: Dan takes the second set by 7-5 to level the match.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Bizarrely, Dan leads 5-0 in the third. He has cut out his UEs and FC has not. It still feels quite close...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (12) Daniel Evans WR 26 defeated (15) Francisco Cerúndolo (ARG) WR 32 by 2-6 7-5 6-3 biggrin

Didn't really expect that, not on clay, even if he was broken when he first served for the match at 5-1, but can't see him getting past the top seed:

SF: (1) Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) WR 2 (CH = 1 last September) vs (12) Daniel Evans WR 26

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

What a super, brave third set

Those first-second serves in the final game were just really gutsy

Great win

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Dear Dan, I love his interviews....... "if I lose tomorrow I'll live"

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Whilst I make Carlos a very strong favourite in tomorrow's semi final, I think thay Dan has a better chance than anybody else in the draw. Dan will have to consruct his points as we know he can but make almost zero errors.

Points wise, today's result is Dan's second best of the last 12 months. Plus he is $130k richer!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
Dear Dan, I love his interviews....... "if I lose tomorrow I'll live"

A bit reminiscent of Boris Becker's comment after he lost to Peter Doohan in the second round at Wimbledon in 1987, when "Boom Boom" was the defending champion: something along the lines of "I lost a tennis match. Nobody died out there." wink

Off topic, I've now discovered that Doohan died from MND in 2017 at the age of only 56. cry Bloody disease! furious

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well done Evo - thats two clay court semis now in 3 weeks, his best form this season by far really. And great results - Dan the clay court dirtballer!