Dan Evans won his third $10k singles title in as many months on Saturday after securing victory in Glasgow. The 18 year-old defeated British Junior No 1 Marcus Willis in the final after the Berkshire left-hander retired with the score standing at 6-2 3-1.
Evans demonstrated how far he has come in the senior game by winning all four matches en route to the final in three sets. The Warwickshire player, who achieved a career high singles world ranking of No 558 in mid-October, will now move on to London’s Campden Hill LTC where another $10k event is taking place this week.
In the doubles, Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski, who were beaten by Evans in the singles quarters and semis respectively, teamed up to win the title. The British duo eased past No 1 seeds Ivan Cerovic and Daniel Danilovic 6-4 6-4 in the final.
In the women’s $25k event at the same venue, Amanda Elliott partnered Stefania Boffa of Switzerland to doubles glory. The top seeded pair beat Romanians Laura-Ioana Andrei and Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4 7-6(3) in a closely fought final.
Having lost in consecutive singles finals in Australia, it was third time lucky for British No 2 Mel South at the weekend as she recorded victory at the $25k event in Port Pirie. After beating fellow Brit Emily Webley-Smith in the semi-final, the 22 year-old saw off Yurika Sema of Japan 6-3 6-4 in the title decider.
James Ward defeated Spaniard Guillermo Alcaide 6-4 6-3 to win the $10k singles title in Rodez, France. The British No 7 now has two senior titles to his name after picking up his first career victory at a $10k clay court event in Spain earlier this summer.
Ross Hutchins narrowly missed out on winning the second ATP doubles title of his career with Australian Stephen Huss as the pair reached the final in Lyon, France. Having won in Beijing and finished runner-up in Moscow, the 23 year-old is now at a career high doubles world ranking of No 45.
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* Photo: Dan Evans (by James Jordan)