greeny12 wrote:

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Ooof - Evo taken out by the 6'8" Canadian who did for Liam.

Those big young power players really are Kryptonite for Dan...

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 Daillo one to watch on the grass though - the new Raonic? 

Didnt Dan lose early in Surbiton a year or two back and then win Nottingham, or am I mis remembering?

Nonetheless, disappointing day 

greeny12 wrote:

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Ooof - Evo taken out by the 6'8" Canadian who did for Liam.

Those big young power players really are Kryptonite for Dan...

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Darn. Maybe some of the GB women at Surbiton can pass on some advice to Dan 

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 8th of June 2023 08:23:28 PM

Stircrazy wrote:

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greeny12 wrote:

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Ooof - Evo taken out by the 6'8" Canadian who did for Liam.""

Those big young power players really are Kryptonite for Dan...

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For the record:

L16:  (ALT) Gabriel Diallo (CAN) WR 146 defeated (WC/1) Daniel Evans WR 25 by 5 & 2 

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Extract from the end of Elgan Alderman's report in The Times on Jack Draper's continuing injury woes, which will cause him to miss the entire grass court season (link to it in the relevant individual player forum):

There was further bad news for the British men at the Surbiton Trophy where Evans, the No 1 seed, lost in the second round against Gabriel Diallo. The 21-year-old from Canada, who is ranked No 146 in the world, is 6ft 8in and used all that to his advantage in a 7-5, 6-2 win. "I didn't serve well, difficult conditions, it was very windy," Evans said. "Then on top, he's obviously going to be a very good tennis player, already is, and I don't know what he served, but he served amazingly well."

Evans said he would play at The Queen's Club, but had not decided on other tournaments such as Nottingham next week. "It's difficult to keep playing," he said. "There's not much to be gained really apart from people are just having a crack at you and that's difficult, as we saw today. He played some free-swinging tennis and that was too good. And he was better than me. That's the bottom line. He was better today."

wolf wrote:

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SF: Liam Broady & Jonny O'Mara CR 1219 (1100+119) defeated (1) Julian Cash & Henry Patten CR 98 (48+50) by walkover

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You just beat me to it, wolf.  What a shame!  I was rather looking forward to that encounter.