APTOS CHALLENGER, 5-11 August 2013. James Ward & Dan Evans

[Sallydaisy]

Aptos Challenger, California.
James Ward in Qualifying; Dan Evans got a Special Exempt into MD because of his success in Vancouver.

MAIN DRAW
(1) Guido Pella (ARG) vs. Malek Jaziri (TUN)
James Duckworth (AUS) vs. Brian Baker (USA)
(WC) Mitchell Krueger (USA) vs. (SE) Daniel Evans (GBR) Runner-up
(SE) Greg Jones (AUS) vs. (8) Jimmy Wang (TPE)

(4) Ryan Harrison (USA) vs. (Q) James McGee (IRL)
(Q) Farrukh Dustov (UZB) vs. Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Maxime Authom (BEL) vs. (WC) Tennys Sandgren (USA)
Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs. (6) Bobby Reynolds (USA)

(5) Wayne Odesnik (USA) vs. (LL) James Ward (GBR)
(Q) Denys Molchanov (UKR) vs. Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
Bradley Klahn (USA) Winner vs. Tatsuma Ito (JPN)
Donald Young (USA) vs. (3) Steve Johnson (USA)

(7) Mischa Zverev (GER) vs. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
Matt Reid (AUS) vs. (WC) Dennis Novikov (USA)
(WC) Andre Dome (USA) vs. Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)
(Q) John-Patrick Smith (AUS) vs.(2) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)

Qualifying Draw
(1) James Ward (GBR) vs. Artem Sitak (NZL)
Roman Borvanov (MDA) vs. Nicolas Meister (USA)
(WC) Patrick Baur (GER) vs. Ante Pavic (CRO)
Jeff Dadamo (USA) vs. (8) John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
(2) Farrukh Dustov (UZB) vs. (WC) Jordan Kepler (USA)
(WC) Brad Weston (AUS) vs. (WC) Jake Windham (USA)
(WC) Mandodo Ivy (USA) vs. Marcos Giron (USA)
Joel Kielbowicz (USA) vs. (7) Sanam Singh (IND)
(3) Matthew Barton (AUS) vs. Michael McClune (USA)
Alexios Halebian (USA) vs. (WC) Miguel Diaz (USA)
(WC) Raymond Sarmiento (USA) vs. (WC) Zeke Hindle (USA)
Mico Santiago (USA) vs. (5) Denys Molchanov (UKR)
(4) Samuel Groth (AUS) vs. Fritz Wolmarans (RSA)
Frederik Nielsen (DEN) vs. Alexander Sarkissian (USA)
Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) vs. Chris Guccione (AUS)
(WC) Rick Kepler (USA) vs. (6) James McGee (IRL)

Wardy won his QR1 match there already and plays again today in QR2.
Due to various rules (if you can read and work them out) provided he wins today and reaches the FQR he'd likely make the main draw without winning the FQR match because he's the #1 seed in qualifying and there are a couple of Lucky Loser spots in the main draw. It's a bit complicated - read BT.net's thread for Aptos here (http://britishtennis.activeboard.com/t54550660/week-32-challenger-100000-aptos-ca-usa-hard/)to check the ins and outs ...

[Sallydaisy]

Wardy wins his QR2 match: 6'4, 5'7, 6'1 and is into the FQR. He could have won it in 2 sets had he managed to break in game 13 of set 2 when he was 40-15* against the server. Hum ho, it's all good court practice!!!
;)

[JAMES4578]

Winning convincingly in the end in what counts, well done James!

[karanga]

Well done James!!! Keep it going. :yahoo: :clap:

[Sallydaisy]

From Steven on twitter:

Steven ‏@GBtennis (https://twitter.com/GBtennis) 10m (https://twitter.com/GBtennis/status/364253580007440384) Aptos Ch: @JamesWardtennis (https://twitter.com/JamesWardtennis) lost his FQR match but gets a LL place & plays 5th seed Wayne Odesnik USA WR 123 (CH 77, 2009) H2H 1-1, both 2011

[JAMES4578]

Whilst a pity James didn't qualify in his own right fab he is nonetheless in the main draw,hopefully he can make the most of it against Odesnik .

[Sallydaisy]

Aptos Challenger - Singles Draw and OOP for Tuesday 6th August

(1) Guido Pella (ARG) vs. Malek Jaziri (TUN)
James Duckworth (AUS) vs. Brian Baker[/URL] (USA)
(WC) Mitchell Krueger (USA) vs. (SE) Daniel Evans (GBR)
(SE) Greg Jones (AUS) vs. (8) Jimmy Wang (TPE)

(4) Ryan Harrison (USA) vs. (Q) James McGee (IRL)
(Q) Farrukh Dustov (UZB) vs. Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Maxime Authom (BEL) vs. (WC) Tennys Sandgren (USA)
Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs. (6) Bobby Reynolds (USA)

(5) Wayne Odesnik (USA) vs. (LL) James Ward (GBR)
(Q) Denys Molchanov (UKR) vs. Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
Bradley Klahn (USA) vs. Tatsuma Ito (JPN)
Donald Young (USA) vs. (3) Steve Johnson (USA)

(7) Mischa Zverev (GER) vs. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
Matt Reid (AUS) vs. (WC) Dennis Novikov (USA)
(WC) Andre Dome (USA) vs. Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)
(Q) John-Patrick Smith (AUS) vs. (2) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)

Both James Ward and Dan Evans play their first round matches today.
Wardy around 19.30/20.00 UK time and Dan not much before 01.00 am on Wed!!!

Full OOP here: [URL]http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/467/op.pdf (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=307609&page=3#)

[Sallydaisy]

Allez Dan!!!
:clap:

He won his first round match 6'1, 6'2 not without some exchanges of service breaks in the 2nd set (and some juicy comments to his opponent!) but he ot the job done and next faces Jimmy Wang.
I'm quoting Steven because only he can put together some pre-match words so succinctly ...

L16: Dan Evans WR 194 v (8) Jimmy Wang (TPE) WR 139 (CH 85 in 2006)

So, the player who lost to Pospisil in the Vancouver Final will take on the player who lost to Pospisil in the Vancouver SFs, who today double-bagelled the player who lost to Pospisil in the Vancouver QFs ... while Pospisil himself took out Isner in Montréal today!

Sadly, Wardy lost his match to Wayne Odesnik despite fighting back hard to win the 2nd set.
:sad:

[Linda]

Well done Dan! :clap: :clap:

[JAMES4578]

A very comprehensive win for Dan, well done and hope for the best against Wang! Pity it didn't work for Wardy in the 3rd.

[Jan62]

Well done Dan! Looking good.

[davech]

Dan beat Jimmy Wang 2-6 6-4 6-3. Up next is Guido Pella, the number one seed.

[JAMES4578]

Great Stuff, well done Dan!

[hfwardhouse]

Woohoo - go Evo!!!

[Linda]

Dan's match has started.

[david1610]

He just got the first set! Brilliant lob at the end.
Gosh he has feel. He just needs more experience beating players ranked close to 100 and then he can take a big step forward!

[david1610]

3-0 in the second and his level is quite awesome at the moment. He is completely inside his opponent's head!
Double break would be great to make sure. C'mon Dan!
He gets it and is now 5-0 up. Just needs to keep focus a bit longer.
He is taking apart the TOP SEED! This guy was ranked 75 in June and Dan is making him look ordinary!
Two MPs but Pella puts everything into it and manages to hold.
Now come on Dan. Stay calm! Boring hold please!
Two more MPs squandered. That makes 4. Deuce. Ace. Number 5.
Does it! Brilliant. Another semi final!
7-5 6-1

[Linda]

Dan won 7-5 6-1 :cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Fantastic play from Dan!
:bravo:

Stats from Steven on Bt.net


QF: (SE) Dan Evans WR 194 beat (1) Guido Pella (ARG) WR 96 (CH 75 in Jun) 5 & 1
SF: (SE) Dan Evans WR 194 v (Q) Farrukh Dustov (UZB) WR 213 (CH 173 in 2007)

If he wins this match Dan will almost certainly overtake James Ward as British #2. Not for long though (unless he keeps winning shedloads of events) because he's a lot of points to come off.

[Jane]

Fantastic result for Dan. :clap::clap: I wish him all the best of luck for tonight's match:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[JAMES4578]

Great performance from Dan, hope it goes well in the semi!

[pabbers]

Awesome. Hope he can maintain this level. Watching him at DC have always felt he had all the potential of Andy with twice the aggression Andy had at the same age. Only things lacking to date have been work ethic and willingness to travel.

[Sallydaisy]

About 90mins to go for Evo's match ... depending on how long the first semi takes of course!
:p
Per Steven on twitter:

Steven ‏@GBtennis (https://twitter.com/GBtennis) 1m (https://twitter.com/GBtennis/status/366279971745955840) Aptos Ch (for people asking): Klahn v Donskoy SF about to start.
@Evo151216 (https://twitter.com/Evo151216) v Dustov follows that - streamed at http://bit.ly/166C0A4 (http://t.co/LFEyhUKiXX) again

[Linda]

Allez Dan! :swingin:

[cazza99]

Well done Dan the Man :cheer:

[david1610]

Live stream for Dan's match... stating coming up next (also has come up on LS) http://lsh.streamhunter.eu/static/popups/163708392325550.html

[Reef]

Hope he does well - it would be great to see Dan win his maiden title. He's so entertaining to watch!

[Jane]

:confused:I thought the match was meant to start at 7.0 pm, but nothing on LS yet

[Linda]

I thought when I looked this morning that it was 7pm, but I see it's now listed as 9pm so maybe I was mistaken earlier.

[Sallydaisy]

:confused:I thought the match was meant to start at 7.0 pm, but nothing on LS yet
Per the conversation on the Dan Evans thread the OOP states a start of 13.00 which is 21.00 in the UK. So, we have a little longer to wait ...

[Jane]

I was looking in the LS where you get draws, OOPs, results, etc,for all the tournaments and it still says 11.0am for Dan's match. Clearly that is wrong, but I believed it and added 8 hours on accordingly.

[Reef]

My livestream isn't working - anyone found another?

[Jane]

Warming up now - geat picture

[cazza99]

livestream - http://www.usta.com/Pro-Tennis/Pro-Circuit/pro_circuit_live/