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Dan Evans is 29 at the moment and peaked at a 31 ranking last week.
I remember watching Dan at the 2014 US Open vs. Ferrer I think? And I was looking at his box and it full of 2 BRUVHS (British Bros?) and 2 girls. He looked so casual out there and did not give a single sh!t about what was happening. Dan fluctuated from unranked, to top 1000 , to top 100 (for like a few months ) and then to the top 200's or worse for a long time. I remember watching him and looking at an all court genius , with all the shots in the book... I also remember watching his bloated belly bounce around after tracking down a forehand.....
I remember there being some scandals around Evans for various reasons... but all of the sudden , here he is at the twilight of his career and he is motivated as I / We have ever seen him. Evans playing for the UK , was like Evans at Standford bridge, the last viking fending off hordes of thirsty tennis players trying to knock out the UK and as of recent we have seen him clutch out matches, when in the past he would have gladly given up at 2-6 , 0-3.
I am handing this over to MTF, because this is probably the only place in the world where A, someone knows who Dan Evans is and B, someone who follows his career.
So what has changed for him, did he talk with a mentor , did he randomly decide to put in more effort, anyone have any Idea what has changed for the once Top 1000 level man?
I remember watching Dan at the 2014 US Open vs. Ferrer I think? And I was looking at his box and it full of 2 BRUVHS (British Bros?) and 2 girls. He looked so casual out there and did not give a single sh!t about what was happening. Dan fluctuated from unranked, to top 1000 , to top 100 (for like a few months ) and then to the top 200's or worse for a long time. I remember watching him and looking at an all court genius , with all the shots in the book... I also remember watching his bloated belly bounce around after tracking down a forehand.....

I remember there being some scandals around Evans for various reasons... but all of the sudden , here he is at the twilight of his career and he is motivated as I / We have ever seen him. Evans playing for the UK , was like Evans at Standford bridge, the last viking fending off hordes of thirsty tennis players trying to knock out the UK and as of recent we have seen him clutch out matches, when in the past he would have gladly given up at 2-6 , 0-3.

I am handing this over to MTF, because this is probably the only place in the world where A, someone knows who Dan Evans is and B, someone who follows his career.
So what has changed for him, did he talk with a mentor , did he randomly decide to put in more effort, anyone have any Idea what has changed for the once Top 1000 level man?