Dan Evans: 'I Know I Don't Have a Six Pack. I Know That'

Tennis - Britain's Dan Evans is playing the best tennis of his career, even if his team captain at the ATP Cup, Tim Henman, suggested that the 29 year old could improve his physical fitness.

Speaking to press in Melbourne before the start of the Australian Open, where he is seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time, Evans says, "I'm 78 kilos right now,. It's not bad. Aesthetically, I guess it is how I am. I don't have a six-pack, I know that."

Evans said he tried to vegan as well last year but found out it made no difference to his physical condition. “I just decided to go back and try it [meat]. I'm not saying I won't go the other way again but I have started alright at the start of the year. I need to put my game on the court and I can win. Probably a few matches last year I didn’t do that. I didn’t take small opportunities to come into the net. Or I was aggressive maybe one ball too late and I lose that point and it’s a bit of a snowball effect from there."

The Brit says he does not take what Henman says too seriously and that the two share a great bond. "It's difficult to be a rake like Tim. There’s not a muscle on him. And he finds it pretty hard to give a compliment, I tell you that. But everything he did in the two weeks before, for me, was great.”

Evans takes on American Mackenzie McDonald in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday.

from Tennis World USA https://ift.tt/362qsz2