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The Independent
a day ago
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- The Independent
Wimbledon 2025 men's draw sees some potentially huge match-ups
Jack Draper, British No 1 and fourth seed, faces a challenging Wimbledon draw, starting with world No 38 Sebastian Baez in round one. Draper's potential path includes Marin Cilic in round two, Alexander Bublik in round three, and a possible quarter-final clash with Novak Djokovic. His fourth seeding ensures he cannot meet Jannik Sinner until the semi-finals or defending champion Carlos Alcaraz until the final. Carlos Alcaraz, aiming for his third consecutive Wimbledon title, will open his tournament against Italian maverick Fabio Fognini. Other British players in the men's singles draw include Jacob Fearnley against Joao Fonseca, Dan Evans facing Jay Clarke, and Cameron Norrie playing Roberto Bautista Agut.
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Evans 'put name back out there' as Eastbourne run ends
British number five Dan Evans believes he has "put his name back out there" after his run at Eastbourne ended with defeat in the upset world number 13 Tommy Paul on Wednesday but fell 6-2 6-3 to American Jenson Brooksby a day 35-year-old has claimed two top-20 wins in as many weeks, beating world number 14 Tiafoe at Queen's at the start of the grass-court season before seeing off Paul in also beat world number 49 Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia in the first round at Eastbourne."In an hour or so I'll reflect on this week, it's been great," Evans, who was ranked inside the top 30 two years ago, told BBC Sport."I've put my name back out there a bit. I've got a great event coming up. "It is just positives leaving Eastbourne."Evans is now back in the top 200 and has been given a main-draw wildcard for Wimbledon, which begins on Monday. Evans was convincingly beaten by Brooksby in windy conditions, losing serve four times and failing to set up a break point of his own."It was really difficult conditions," said Evans. "It's not easy but that's tennis, you have to recover and get back out there. It all felt very quick today."Brooksby will face Ugo Humbert in Friday's semi-final after the Frenchman beat British number four Billy Harris 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 on who will also be in next week's Wimbledon main draw, was knocked out in the quarter-finals at Eastbourne for the second successive Evans, Harris' match took place on court one and not the tournament's centre court - something Evans described as "disappointing"."I do have questions as to why no British players were on centre court today," Evans said. ""The British fans come here to watch British players."
Daily Mail
2 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Dan Evans blasts his 'clueless' display after being warned of unsportsmanlike behaviour for 'crazy' line call complaints in straight-sets Eastbourne defeat
A frustrated Dan Evans blasted his 'clueless' performance as he crashed out of the Eastbourne quarter-finals in straight sets to American lucky loser Jenson Brooksby. Evans was warned for unsportsmanlike behaviour during his 6-2, 6-3 defeat as he complained about multiple 'crazy' line calls that went against him on Court 1. When the two shook hands at the net, Brooksby said: 'Well played, good match.' 'Was it? It wasn't for me,' replied Evans. 'It was clueless.' Brooksby didn't face a single break point during his victory as the American dealt much better with the windy conditions. Evans hit just 11 winners and made 29 unforced errors. Evans had fought back tears after he beat world No13 Tommy Paul to reach the quarter-final to make it back-to-back wins against top-20 opposition after dispatching world No12 Frances Tiafoe at Queen's last week. The 35-year-old only recently regained his place in the world's top 200 and has been given a wildcard for Wimbledon next week. Evans had to battle from the start in the breezy conditions against Brooksby, struggling for any rhythm, and needed to save a break point in an eight-minute opening service game despite having raced into a 40-0 lead. He faced two more in his second service game and a miscued strike long beyond the baseline handed Brooksby an early break in the first set before the American broke again to make it 4-1. Brooksby dealt far better with the crosswinds, using his unplayable drop shot to great effect, and allowed Evans to win just two points against his serve in the opening set that he wrapped up 6-2 in 39 minutes. Evans cut a frustrated figure and continued to question the accuracy of the line-call technology before being given a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct. He felt a couple of Brooksby's shots that the technology called in, including one late in the second set, had bounced over the line. 'It was out,' called one incredulous supporter. 'Crazy stuff, puts you on a total downer,' Evans muttered to himself as Brooksby broke to lead 4-3 in the second set before wrapping up the match soon after. Evans was the last remaining Brit to fall at Eastbourne after Billy Harris lost in straight sets 7-6, 6-1 to fourth-seed Ugo Humbert as he missed out on reaching the semi-finals for the second year running. Harris fought back from 5-2 down in the first set, saving two set points, to level at 5-5 before forcing a tie-break only for Frenchman Hubert to claim it 7-4. Humbert didn't look back, breaking Harris's first two service games to race into a 4-0 lead before wrapping up the win with another break to take the second set 6-1. Harris, who qualified for the tournament as one of the lucky losers, had stunned fellow Brit Cameron Norrie in the first round before dispatching Italian Mattia Bellucci to reach his third ATP quarter-final.
Times
2 days ago
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- Times
Emma Raducanu's fightback in vain but Dan Evans stuns another star
Emma Raducanu's up-and-down preparations for Wimbledon ended on a slightly deflating note as she was knocked out of Eastbourne by the Australian Maya Joint, but Dan Evans's recent resurgence continued as he defeated the American Tommy Paul to record his second win against a top-20 player in as many weeks. Raducanu's was an extraordinary match in which she showed remarkable resilience, fighting back from 2-5 down in the final set and surviving three attempts by Joint to serve out victory. When Raducanu won the first point against serve in the tie-break to lead 4-3, it seemed the momentum was with her, but Joint recovered brilliantly to win four of the final five points. It means that Raducanu goes into Wimbledon having reached just two quarter-finals this season, at Queen's and in Miami, and still struggling with a back issue. However, she said that she intends to 'step on the court' at Wimbledon regardless. 'I've just been managing it,' she added. 'Hopefully I can recover. I still have a few days before Wimbledon, so I'm looking forward to kind of recovering, and hopefully it settles. 'It bothers me. I wouldn't say it's like I can't move. Like a lot of athletes, we all carry something that we're managing and playing through, but it's OK, I can play, and I can still put out some pretty decent tennis.' Indeed, after a difficult period in which she also received some bad personal news that left her visibly emotional after her previous match, there was much to credit the British No1 in this performance against one of the rising young players in women's tennis, the 19-year-old world No51. Raducanu recovered strongly from losing the first two games in the first set, but when she slipped 2-0 behind in the second, it seemed to signal a much more decisive shift. Joint played very well, using her powers of dogged retrieval to force Raducanu to constantly play an extra shot, and often drawing the error. At one stage Joint won 11 in a run of 14 games, but, looking for only her third win against a top-50 player, she tightened up on the brink of victory, and Raducanu enacted a thrilling fightback. She broke for 5-3, then again to love to get back to 5-5, then dropped her own serve, before summoning another brilliant return game to force the tie-break. But Joint, the second-youngest player in the top 80, showed great character to get over the line, winning 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4). Evans, meanwhile, has tumbled down the rankings over the past two years, but he, by contrast, goes into Wimbledon — where he has a wild-card entry into the main draw — on the crest of a wave, having added the scalp of world No13 Paul to that of Frances Tiafoe, who was also ranked 13th when Evans beat him at Queen's last week. Showing his trademark court-craft, 35-year-old Evans, who has spoken about wanting to make the most of the time that he has left in his career, came through a topsy-turvy match to knock out Paul, the second seed, and a player of significant grass-court pedigree having won Queen's and reached the Wimbledon quarter-final last year. After the first two sets were shared, Evans broke early in the decider, but was pegged back at 4-3. But he then broke Paul again and served out to win 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 and earn a quarter-final against another American, Jenson Brooksby. A tearful Evans told the BBC: 'I know I've done the work and once I got some confidence, I knew that the work was in the bank… A good friend said, 'If the door opens and you're ready, you'll walk through it, if you're not, you won't,' and there's no truer word.' Evans is joined in the quarter-finals by Billy Harris, the British men's No4, who was impressive in his 6-3, 6-4 victory over the Italian Mattia Bellucci. He will meet the fourth seed, the French world No20 Ugo Humbert, and could play Evans in the semi-finals. Earlier, Jodie Burrage became the second British player this week to lose to the reigning Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova after holding multiple match points. Krejcikova, who had saved two match points against Harriet Dart on Tuesday, fell 0-40 down serving at 5-6 in the third set, but Burrage could not take any of her three opportunities, missing a down-the-line pass on the first of them, losing 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3). Jacob Fearnley showed glimmers of an excellent grass-court game in reaching the Queen's quarter-final and dispatching the world No24 Flavio Cobolli on Tuesday, but he was disappointingly off his best as he succumbed 6-3, 6-1 to the American Marcos Giron. And Fran Jones, the fifth-ranked British woman, who was on Raducanu's coaching bench, also went out, losing 6-2, 6-1 against Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska. Joint was not the only youngster to impress. Alexandra Eala, 20, of the Philippines, the third-youngest player in the top 80, has already beaten Iga Swiatek and Madison Keys this season, and she continued her rise by beating the third seed, Jelena Ostapenko, in three sets after Ostapenko retired with a foot injury. Meanwhile, at Roehampton, Hamish Stewart and Oliver Tarvet advanced to the final round of Wimbledon qualifying, and are now just one win away from a place in the main draw.
BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
Emotional Evans claims superb Paul win at Eastbourne
An emotional Dan Evans said he had been waiting for a chance to prove himself in a tricky season after earning an impressive win over world number 13 Tommy Paul at 35-year-old beat the former Queen's champion 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the late afternoon sunshine to reach the comes two weeks after Evans beat world number 14 Francis Tiafoe at Queen's, while he also beat a top 50 player in Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic in round one at threw his arms wide in celebration after securing victory in front of a jubilant home crowd, before becoming visibly tearful in his on-court interview."I felt good serving for the match," he said. "I just said to myself, enjoy this - I stopped worrying about what he was doing, and I played good tennis in the end."I know I have done the work. Once I got confidence, the work was in the bank. "If you're ready and the door opens, you will walk through it." Evans, who has a main-draw wildcard for Wimbledon, has just returned to the top 200 after a difficult few Englishman managed his nerves as the tension built against Paul. Evans hit just 17 winners to the American's 31, but he also committed 26 unforced errors compared to Paul's will aim to be even more clinical when he faces American lucky loser Jenson Brooksby in the Billy Harris continued his recent Eastbourne joy as the Englishman reached the quarter-finals for the second successive who reached the main draw as a lucky loser having lost in qualifying, beat Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci 6-3 will face French fourth-seed Ugo Humbert next and could potentially meet Evans in the British number two Jacob Fearnley suffered a chastening defeat by Marcus American dispatched Fearnley 6-3 6-1, with the Scot hitting five double faults and losing his serve five begins on 30 June.
