Dan Evans ‘retains bar open’ with Citi Open triumph after ending shedding streak

“It was a good effort mentally to just stay in the present and keep, you know, fighting for each point, and I did a great job of that this week.” Having did not win a match from the tip of April to the tip of July, he additionally admitted that a few of the defeats had been shut.

Evans mentioned: “I mean, it was really only the grass I didn’t play well. You know, I played well in Barcelona on the clay, and then I had some rough matches which I didn’t get the best out of. I lost in three a few times or tight matches.

“Then, yeah, I was playing well and I just couldn’t get over the line. That’s where you sort of lean on your team to, you know, keep you working hard and training and practising hard. You know, it’s especially good to get the outcome I got this week, but, you know, I said to myself once I got into the semis that that was a good effort and then I sort of reset and, you know, wanted to then win the tournament.”