Daniel Evans

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2020 w liczbach:

Ranking: 32
Bilans meczów: 19-14
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $930,680

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Players To Watch In 2021

Daniel Evans

Daniil Medvedev’s strokes are unorthodox, and they helped take him to titles at the Nitto ATP Finals and the Rolex Paris Masters in 2020. Could another unorthodox game ascend towards the top of the sport in 2021? Daniel Evans hopes so.

The British No. 1 has a different arsenal of weapons then Medvedev. Instead of grinding down opponents with relentless defence and flat groundstrokes, Evans uses a wide variety of spins to create openings and drive opponents crazy. Armed with a one-handed backhand, he almost always hits a low, biting slice off that wing, baiting opponents into going for too much or changing the pace of rallies to open new opportunities in the point.

The 30-year-old earned seven victories against Top 20 players in 2020 and climbed to a career-high No. 28 in the FedEx ATP Rankings in March. Evans is only adding more experience against the world’s best. And if anyone is off their game, Evans is exceptional at keeping them from finding their top level.

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Evans Puts In Double Shift, Reaches Murray River Open Semi-finals

Spoiler:

Chardy moves into last four after Wawrinka walkover

Eighth seed Daniel Evans put in a double shift on Friday to book a place in the Murray River Open semi-finals, where he will challenge France’s Jeremy Chardy.

Having first overcome American Marcos Giron 6-4, 7-6(5) in the third round, the 30-year-old Briton returned to edge fourth-seeded Croatian Borna Coric 7-5, 7-6(1) in two hours. Evans struck 14 aces and won 84 per cent of his first service points. He broke Coric’s serve at 5-5 in the first set, but needed to save one set point when serving at 4-5, 30/40 in the second set.

Last year, Evans reached three ATP Tour semi-finals at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (l. to Tsitsipas), the European Open in Antwerp (l. to Humbert) and the Erste Bank Open in Vienna (l. to Sonego). Earlier in the day, Coric had ended Australian No. 13 seed Nick Kyrgios’ return tournament with a solid 6-3, 6-4 third-round victory.

Chardy, who beat sixth-seeded American Taylor Fritz 6-2, 6-4 in the third round, moved into the semi-finals after top seed Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland withdrew due to fatigue. Former World No. 3 Wawrinka had rallied from the brink of defeat on Friday to reach the quarter-finals, defeating Australian Alex Bolt 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5) after two hours and 23 minutes.

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Sinner Saves M.P., Gains Khachanov Revenge At Great Ocean Road Open

Spoiler:

Sinner to face Travaglia in final

Jannik Sinner ended his 2020 season by lifting his maiden ATP Tour title. After a dramatic semi-final at the Great Ocean Road Open on Saturday, the #NextGenATP Italian is just one win away from starting his 2021 campaign in similar fashion.

The 19-year-old saved match point with all-out aggression at 5-6, 30/40 in the decider to beat Karen Khachanov 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4) in three hours and seven minutes. It was the second time in as many ATP Head2Head meetings between the pair that a final-set tie-break was required. At last year’s US Open, Khachanov recovered from two sets down to beat Sinner 6-3, 7-6(7), 2-6, 0-6, 6-7(4) in three hours and 44 minutes.

“A lot of credit [goes to Khachanov]. We had a great battle at the US Open as well, 7-6 in the fifth. He is a great player… and I am very happy to be in the final,” said Sinner, in an on-court interview.

Sinner extends his unbeaten record on the ATP Tour to nine matches. The World No. 36 ended 2020 with five consecutive wins en route to the Sofia trophy and has picked up four wins this week in Melbourne.

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For the third match in a row, Sinner was forced to save a set point in the first set. Khachanov landed a powerful second serve at 4-5, 30/40 to stay in the set and created a set point opportunity of his own two games later. Sinner reacted quickly to a net cord and flicked a forehand winner to escape danger, before taking the first set in a tie-break. The #NextGenATP Italian returned with depth and extracted multiple forehand errors from his opponent to clinch the set after 62 minutes.

Sinner appeared to be closing in on victory in the second set, when he ripped a cross-court forehand winner to break serve at 3-3. But Khachanov responded emphatically, as he broke serve in back-to-back return games with aggressive forehand play.


Sinner opened the third set with two inspired cross-court forehand passing shots from deep positions to claim a 1-0 advantage. The Sofia titlist held his nerve to save four break points en route to a 5-3 lead, but he failed to serve out the match as Khachanov attacked Sinner’s backhand to extract errors.

The momentum had shifted firmly in Khachanov’s favour and the Russian earned a match point at 5-6, 30/40. In an extended rally, Sinner ripped a series of forehands to keep Khachanov on the run and finished the point with an overhead winner. In the final-set tie-break, Sinner clinched victory with the same tactic as he came to the net behind his forehand to drive an overhead winner down the centre of the court.

Travaglia

It is the latest success story in a remarkable week for Italian tennis. At the ATP Cup, Italy has claimed three tie victories to reach the championship match. Sinner will face countryman and first-time ATP Tour finalist Stefano Travaglia in the championship match.

“It's great to see for Italy many players, many great players. I think everyone pushes each other a little bit,” said Sinner. “Everyone is playing very, very good tennis. Everyone is different as player, so I think it's great to see… having quite a big amount of players.”

Travaglia recovered from a slow start to beat Thiago Monteiro of Brazil 6-3, 6-4 in 86 minutes. It will be a moment to celebrate for the Italian, almost 10 years on from a freak accident at his family’s apartment in Ascoli Piceno. Travaglia slipped in his flip-flops, fell down a staircase, put his right arm through a plate-glass window and severed an artery. He was rushed to hospital by his parents, with his father stemming the bleeding.

Travaglia, then ranked outside of the Top 300 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, told the New York Times in 2017, “My tennis career, of course, was over. But in that moment I think about my hand and my arm — because it’s tough to live without a hand.” The Italian spent 18 days in hospital after surgery and it was eight more months until he was able to hold a racquet once again.

Four of Travaglia’s five wins this week at the Great Ocean Road Open, an ATP 250 tournament, have come in straight sets.

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Tenis. ATP Melbourne: Felix Auger-Aliassime zagra o zakończenie złej serii w finałach. Daniel Evans rywalem Kanadyjczyka

Spoiler:

Felix Auger-Aliassime przegrał wszystkie sześć finałów w głównym cyklu. W niedzielę stanie przed szansą na przełamanie tej czarnej serii. W meczu o tytuł rozgrywanego w Melbourne turnieju Murray River Open zmierzy się z Danielem Evansem.
Marcin Motyka

Turniej Murray River Open w Melbourne obfituje w zaskakujące rezultaty. Choć na starcie stanęło sześciu tenisistów z czołowej "30" rankingu ATP, do półfinału doszedł tylko jeden - Felix Auger-Aliassime. Kanadyjczyk, aktualnie 21. singlista świata, w sobotę wykonał kolejny krok i w spotkaniu o finał pokonał 6:1, 6:2 Corentina Mouteta.
Rozstawiony z numerem trzecim Auger-Aliassime w sobotę zdominował wydarzenia na korcie. Do zwycięstwa nad Moutetem potrzebował tylko godziny. Górował nad Francuzem w każdym elemencie i jego wygrana ani przez moment nie była zagrożona.

Dla 20-latka z Montrealu to siódmy w karierze finał turnieju rangi ATP Tour. Wszystkie poprzednie przegrał. O zakończenie tej czarnej serii i pierwszy w karierze triumf w głównym cyklu powalczy z Danielem Evansem.

Brytyjczyk w sobotę także spędził na korcie zaledwie godzinę i też nie dał szans reprezentantowi Francji. Pokonał 6:2, 6:2 Jeremy'ego Chardy'ego, w obu setach błyskawicznie wychodząc na prowadzenie z przewagą przełamania, a potem kontrolując grę.

30-letni Evans stanie przed szansą na wywalczenie premierowego tytułu w cyklu ATP. Dla Brytyjczyka będzie to trzeci finał. W 2017 roku przegrał decydujące spotkanie imprezy w Sydney, a w 2019 - w Delray Beach.

Niedzielny finał (początek o godz. 4:00 czasu polskiego) będzie pierwszą konfrontacją pomiędzy Augerem-Aliassime'em a Evansem. Zwycięzca, oprócz tytułu, zdobędzie też 250 punktów do rankingu ATP oraz 19,5 tys. dolarów premii finansowej.

Murray River Open, Melbourne (Australia)
ATP 250, kort twardy, pula nagród 320,7 tys. dolarów
sobota, 6 lutego

półfinał gry pojedynczej:

Felix Auger-Aliassime (Kanada, 3) - Corentin Moutet (Francja) 6:1, 6:2
Daniel Evans (Wielka Brytania, - Jeremy Chardy (Francja) 6:2, 6:2

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Evans Beats Felix For First ATP Tour Title At The Murray River Open

Spoiler:

The Brit celebrates tour-level glory after losing his first two finals
The last time Daniel Evans played in an ATP Tour final, he let slip three championship points. On Sunday, the Brit made no mistakes with the Murray River Open trophy on the line.

Evans defeated #NextGenATP Canadian star Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-2, 6-3 to earn his first tour-level crown. The eighth seed triumphed on Maragaret Court Arena after one hour and 18 minutes.

In the 2019 Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com championship match, Evans was desperately close to breaking through in a two-hour, 51-minute battle against Radu Albot, which featured a rain delay of nearly an hour. But he was unable to convert his three match points to claim ATP Tour glory.

There was no question about the outcome this time. Evans peppered Auger-Aliassime with constant changes of pace using his backhand slice, eliciting an abundance of unforced errors and putting more pressure on the 20-year-old.

“[In] the past three matches, I really put my game on the court and was decisive in how I was going to play,” said Evans. “I made clear decisions, and [decided] to come forward and be aggressive. The match point probably summed it up, to hit a forehand down the line and finish at the net was a pretty good way to finish it.”

Infosys ATP Stats - Evans vs. Auger-Aliassime

Stat Daniel Evans Felix Auger-Aliassime
First-Serve Points Won 74% 58%
Second-Serve Points Won 72% 42%
Break Points Converted 5/8 1/1
Total Points Won 58% 42%
Auger-Aliassime entered the match 0-6 in tour-level finals without winning a set in any of them. When Evans broke at 2-2 in the first set with a perfect forehand passing shot up the line and roared “Come on!”, that increased the pressure on the Canadian's shoulders even more.

But the World No. 21, the highest-ranked player in the FedEx ATP Rankings without a title, never found his range from the baseline, and Evans didn’t allow him to gain any rhythm. Auger-Aliassime had the greater firepower, but his unforced errors — 32 in the match — were his undoing.

During the 5-2 changeover in the second set, as Evans prepared to serve for the title, “Sweet Caroline” blared through the stadium’s loudspeakers. As Neil Diamond sang “reaching out…”, the Brit could taste victory. But that was when he had his only hiccup of the match, double faulting to lose serve on the first break point he faced.

Evans settled down and refocussed in the next game, breaking Auger-Aliassime for the fifth time to clinch his victory. The World No. 33 won 73 per cent of his service points and only faced one break point.

“I didn't play great in the first two rounds… I didn't feel great at all. Hanging in, I found my level in the end and here we are," said Evans. "I played good tennis [in] the past three matches, probably some of the best stuff I've played.”

Last season was the best of Evans' career, as he earned eight victories against Top 20 opponents and climbed to a career-high World No. 28.

“I wanted to win [a title], but today was just another match. I approached it in that way," said Evans. "Everybody wants to win. It's a great feeling to win.”

Did You Know?
Evans did not lose a set all week to become the first Brit to win an ATP Tour title since Kyle Edmund last February at the New York Open.

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#1) Adelajda 2021 (rozgrywany w Melbourne)


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R1 wolna runda
R2 Pedro Sousa 63 75
R3 Marcos Giron 64 76(4)
QF [4] Borna Corić 75 76(1)
SF Jeremy Chardy 62 62
W [3] Felix Auger-Aliassime 62 63

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