Evans 'put name back out there' as Eastbourne run ends

British number 5 Dan Evans believes he has "put his sanction backmost retired there" aft his tally astatine Eastbourne ended pinch conclusion successful nan quarter-finals.

Evans upset world number 13 Tommy Paul connected Wednesday but fell 6-2 6-3 to American Jenson Brooksby a time later.

The 35-year-old has claimed 2 top-20 wins successful arsenic galore weeks, beating world number 14 Tiafoe astatine Queen's astatine nan commencement of nan grass-court play earlier seeing disconnected Paul successful Eastbourne.

He besides hit world number 49 Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia successful nan first information astatine Eastbourne.

"In an hr aliases truthful I'll bespeak connected this week, it's been great," Evans, who was classed wrong nan apical 30 2 years ago, told BBC Sport.

"I've put my sanction backmost retired location a bit. I've sewage a awesome arena coming up.

"It is conscionable positives leaving Eastbourne."

Evans is now backmost successful nan apical 200 and has been fixed a main-draw wildcard for Wimbledon, which originates connected Monday.

Evans was convincingly beaten by Brooksby successful windy conditions, losing service 4 times and failing to group up a break constituent of his own.

"It was really difficult conditions," said Evans.

"It's not easy but that's tennis, you person to retrieve and get backmost retired there. It each felt very speedy today."

Brooksby will look Ugo Humbert successful Friday's semi-final aft nan Frenchman hit British number 4 Billy Harris 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 connected Thursday.

Harris, who will besides beryllium successful adjacent week's Wimbledon main draw, was knocked retired successful nan quarter-finals astatine Eastbourne for nan 2nd successive year.

Like Evans, Harris' lucifer took spot connected tribunal 1 and not nan tournament's centre tribunal - thing Evans described arsenic "disappointing".

"I do person questions arsenic to why nary British players were connected centre tribunal today," Evans said. "

"The British fans travel present to watch British players."

Defending champion Taylor Fritz won 2 matches successful 1 time by battling done "crazy" windy conditions astatine Eastbourne.

After Fritz's second-round necktie pinch 18-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca was suspended astatine 6-3 6-7 (5-7) for bad ray connected Wednesday, nan brace resumed connected Thursday afternoon, pinch Fritz edging nan deciding group 7-5.

That lucifer vanished astatine 12:47 BST - and 4 hours and 23 minutes later Fritz returned to centre tribunal to look Marcos Giron successful nan quarter-finals.

Fritz came done 7-5 4-6 7-5 against his American compatriot to scope nan past four.

"I emotion this tournament. I've been very fortunate to not play successful very windy conditions," Fritz, a three-time champion successful Eastbourne, said.

"It's reliable for maine erstwhile I don't get to play nan tennis that I emotion to play here. I person to scrap and play crazy tennis erstwhile it's windy.

"I'm evidently really gladsome to get done it."

Fritz, who hit world number 3 Alexander Zverev successful nan Stuttgart Open last 11 days ago, is among nan favourites for nan Wimbledon title.

He faces world number 28 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina successful Friday's semi-final aft nan Spaniard hit Czech Jakub Mensik 6-4 7-5.