Daniel Evans downs Taro Daniel 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in San Diego on Thursday. Evans will play against Constant Lestienne in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Evans added to his prize money $ 7,755 after winning this match. He has won already $ 18,495 after this win. If he wins the next match, Evans will add $ 13,430 to his earnings to get in total $ 31,925 in total.
Highlights Daniel Evans vs. Taro Daniel San Diego Open – San Diego
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Evans scored 64 points vs. Taro’s 53.
Evans
Daniel was stunning in converting all the break points (4/4).
Daniel
On the other side, the Japanese had some problems converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Evans and Daniel is 3-2 for Daniel.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniel Evans vs. Constant Lestienne – stats
Evans will fight against Lestienne in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Daniel Evans and Constant Lestienne fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Evans (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Evans won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Sweden F3 back in 1970.
Live score progression and stats
Evans got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Taro Daniel in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Evans to win the set as Taro managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Daniel kept his cool to break Daniel in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Brit was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Taro converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A and 40-A).
They played 65 points. Daniel conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Daniel (37-28). Evans conceded 17 points on serve (22-17). On the other side, Taro conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Daniel conquered in the 9th game (5-4) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Daniel was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, the Brit didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Brit won just 2 points more than Taro (27-25). Daniel dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). In addition, on the other side, Daniel conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
Tennis Scores in San Diego
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Denis KudlaKudla (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (5-7 6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniel EvansEvans – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marcos GironGiron – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (1-0) – H2H details and stats