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Nottingham Challenge: Dan Evans into semi-final
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Saturday, 15 June 2019 08:18
Britain's Dan Evans is into the last four of the second-tier Nottingham Challenge event after beating Dominik Koepfer in a lengthy three-setter.Evans, 29, took a 62-minute opener in a tie-break, before losing the second to German Koepfer on another shootout. The British number three eventually prevailed 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 in two hours and 41 minutes. Evans will play…
Johanna Konta to open against Anett Kontaveit in Birmingham
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Saturday, 15 June 2019 06:34
Johanna Konta has been handed a testing first-round match against Anett Kontaveit at the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham.Estonia's Kontaveit is ranked 20th in the world, two places below French Open semi-finalist Konta.World number one Naomi Osaka plays Greek Maria Sakkari, while French Open champion Ashleigh Barty faces Croat Donna Vekic. Wildcard Heather Watson takes on Czech Barbora Strycova.Fellow Briton…
Andy Murray & Feliciano Lopez to face Queen's doubles top seeds
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Saturday, 15 June 2019 05:14
Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray will face Colombian top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah as he returns to competitive action with Feliciano Lopez in the Queen's doubles. Murray, 32, will be playing his first match since an operation on a career-threatening hip injury in January.British number one Kyle Edmund faces top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Fever-Tree Championships…
Dan Evans beats Mikael Ymer to advance in Nottingham
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Friday, 14 June 2019 11:29
Britain's Dan Evans has won his seventh straight grass-court match after recovering from 4-1 down in the third set to beat Mikael Ymer in Nottingham.Evans, who has risen to 70th in the world after a year's ban from the sport for taking cocaine, prevailed 6-2 2-6 7-5 against the 20-year-old Swede.Evans, 29, will play Germany's Dominick Koepfer in the last…
Britain's Harriet Dart loses last 16 match at Nottingham
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Thursday, 13 June 2019 08:57
Britain's Harriet Dart lost to Australian world number 47 Ajla Tomljanovic in the last 16 of the Nature Valley Open in Nottingham.Dart, ranked 159th in the world, lost 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 6-2 in her second grass-court match of the season.The 22-year-old was broken twice in the opening set but won the tie-break before losing the second and third. She failed…
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