Dan Evans: British curiosity at Eastbourne comes to finish however world No 719 Oliver Tarvet qualifies for Wimbledon | Tennis Information

Dan Evans and Billy Harris have been each knocked out of the Eastbourne Open as British curiosity got here to an finish, however world No 719 Oliver Tarvet sealed his spot within the Wimbledon fundamental draw after coming by means of qualifying.

Evans, who registered a standout second-round win over world No 13 Tommy Paul on Wednesday, went down 6-2 6-3 to American fortunate loser Jenson Brooksby.

Harris, ranked 142 on the earth, was overwhelmed 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 by French world No 20 Ugo Humbert.

“It was actually troublesome situations; Jenson performed a very good match, he was in all probability higher than me at this time,” mentioned Evans, who arrived at Devonshire Park having final week celebrated the very best grass-court win of his profession with victory over Frances Tiafoe within the first spherical at Queen’s Membership.

“It was a really fast turnaround. It was not straightforward however that is tennis, it’s important to recuperate and get again on the market.

“I am unsure what time he completed yesterday however I believe it was loads sooner than me and it simply felt all very fast at this time.”

World No 719 Tarvet into Wimbledon fundamental draw

Tarvet is at present learning on the College of San Diego in the USA, the place he has achieved spectacular outcomes on the faculty tennis circuit. He turned the primary male British qualifier for Wimbledon since Alexander Ward in 2017.

He adopted up his victory over 14th seed Terence Atmane in spherical one with a 6-3 6-2 win in opposition to Canadian Alexis Galarneau earlier than defeating twenty ninth seed Alexander Blockx of Belgium 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-1 to progress by means of to the primary draw.

The 21-year-old from St Albans mentioned in his post-match interview: “There’s a number of feelings, however the primary one is simply happiness.

“There’s a number of work gone in to getting the place I’m at this time. Lots of people have labored actually onerous to assist me, not solely to get by means of this qualification, however the final two years.

“Loads of feelings, however I am simply actually having fun with the second. It is a dream come true and I am simply blissful to be part of it.”

Hamish Stewart’s bid to affix Tarvet within the singles draw resulted in a 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4 defeat to Switzerland’s Leandro Riedi.

World No 550 Stewart, from Strathblane, had received 4 matches having come by means of the wild card qualifying play-off for lower-ranked British gamers to earn a spot at Roehampton.

Krejcikova picks up damage scare forward of title defence

Barbora Krejcikova is an damage doubt forward of her Wimbledon title defence after withdrawing from the Eastbourne Open as a consequence of a thigh downside.

The world No 17, who defeated Jasmine Paolini within the girls’s singles ultimate on the All England Membership final 12 months, was as a consequence of face France’s Varvara Gracheva within the quarter-finals.

Czech participant Krejcikova initially felt the problem on Wednesday throughout her second-round victory over Britain’s Jodie Burrage.

The damage worsened in a single day and, along with her opening match at Wimbledon scheduled for Tuesday, the 29-year-old is awaiting the end result of a scan.

“I am very sorry to need to withdraw from my quarter-final at this time in Eastbourne as I am having some soreness in my proper thigh,” mentioned Krejcikova.

“In a single day it simply did not get any higher; it really obtained worse. I believe it is higher with Wimbledon within the subsequent couple of days simply to relaxation it and to see what is going on on and to resolve that.”

Krejcikova performed two gruelling, three-set singles matches on the south coast.

Having saved two match factors en path to defeating British No 4 Harriet Dart in two hours and 40 minutes in spherical one, the second seed saved three extra in her tie-break overcome Burrage, which lasted two hours and 24 minutes.

Australian 19-year-old Maya Joint backed up her second-round victory over British No 1 Emma Raducanu by reaching the semi-finals with a 6-4 7-5 success over Russian Anna Blinkova.

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