Daniel Evans grabs Queen's wild card, joining Anderson, Cilic and Tsitsipas
The ATP 500 event at Queen's has been one of the most significant tests ahead of Wimbledon and it will undoubtedly be the case in June as well, with Kevin Anderson, Juan Martin del Potro, Marin Cilic and Stefanos Tsitsipas in the title chase. While waiting for Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal, the organizers have announced the name of the first player who has received the wild card, with Daniel Evans returning to Queen's for the sixth time. After serving his 12-month suspension for a drugs offense (Surbiton 2017 was his last tournament before the ban), Daniel returned to action last year in April at Glasgow Challenger and he found the form on grass instantly, reaching the semi-final in Surbiton and the final in Nottingham.
In August, Evans won the title in Vancouver from outside the top-300 and there were more good things to come in the first five months of the new season, advancing into the second round at the Australian Open as a qualifier and competing in the final in Quimper Challenger. In Delray Beach, Daniel qualified for the main draw and advanced into the final where Radu Albot toppled him after a great battle, continuing with the progress towards the top-100 and cracking the top-80 for the first time since August 2017 after qualifying for the main draw in Rome.
“I’m grateful for the wild card and excited to be playing at Queen’s again this year as the Fever-Tree Championships is one of the best events on tour. The grass season is a great time of year, especially for the Brits, and I am looking forward to competing against many of the best players in the world,” said Evans.
"Dan has put together an impressive year of results to get inside the world’s top-100 and he is rising all the time. The Fever-Tree Championships is one of the strongest ATP 500 tournaments on the calendar, and he deserves his opportunity to take on the best players in the world and improve his ranking further,” said Leon Smith.
“The players' field for this year’s Fever-Tree Championships is incredibly strong, with top-10 players, champions from previous years and some of the most exciting young stars in the world competing for our iconic trophy. Dan Evans is capable of brilliant tennis as he has shown several times this year and he has done well to get back inside the top 100. He has earned this wild card and we are looking forward to seeing what he can do,” said Tournament Director Stephen Farrow.
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2WXaanp
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