‘I panicked and missed my chances,’ Felix Auger Aliassime hands Dan Evans a humbling defeat in round three of Australian Open 2022
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Felix Auger Aliassime, ninth seed at Australian Open 2022 defeated Dan Evans in the third round of Australian Open 2022 on Saturday. The Canadian defeated Dan Evans by a score-line of 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 to end the Briton’s run in Melbourne.
Dan Evans received a walkover in the second round, whereas, he defeated the Belgian, David Goffin in straight sets in the first round encounter. Evans looked off the pace in the third round clash on Saturday, as he was outplayed in all departments.
Dan Evans stated that he lacked game management skills on court on Saturday, as he panicked after losing the first set. Evans accepted that he played poorly, and he was not going to make any excuses for the same. “I panicked on the court. It was total. I missed my chance and I panicked a bit and that happens in tennis. I’m not going to sit here and say he was too good. I panicked and I felt that,” said Evans.
Dan Evans does not offer any excuses
Dan Evans stated that the long break after his first round win over David Goffin seems to have impacted his momentum. However, he will not use that as an excuse, and believes that his opponent, Felix Auger Aliassime outplayed him on court in all departments.
“I’m not making excuses but it wasn’t easy to have a walkover and I sort of lost my momentum a little bit and I never had that before, two days off. It was difficult. I thought about the match quite a lot and probably overthought it. And to be honest, he was way better than me as well. But I think I didn’t get my game on court,” said Evans.
Dan Evans took positives from his season in Australia, as he believes he had plenty of good moments on court. Evans stated that it is important for him to learn from his mistakes, and keep going forward as a huge season lies ahead.
“I started the year well, I’ve had some good wins, had real momentum going into the match and one match is one match. I’ve got to forget about it. It would be another mistake if I keep worrying about that match what’s just happened, so it’s just time to park it and move on,” the Briton added.
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