"There’s some cultural thing about resting": Evans slams fellow British players for not benefiting from match practice

Dan Evans is not a fan of the way his compatriots handle their careers believing there is something cultural about most British start resting more than the rest.

Evans is a player that plays a lot of events as he tries to stay in competitive shape and earns prize money and points. He believes that's how it is supposed to be as opposed to this new trend where players mostly pick and choose where to play. Very few of the top players enter smaller events like the ATP 250s.

He called it our recently:

“[As a nation], we're picking and choosing what tournaments we play and we're ranked 200 in the world. I'm not going to bag the girls here but no one played after [the Billie Jean King Cup in Coventry a fortnight ago]. There’s some cultural thing about resting and all that. It's not new. Maybe they've got too much money or something.”

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He added:

“I think players need to compete more week in week out. The players need to get out on the road and just get after it. It's not like there's great science behind it. I mean, it can be hard on the tour but you need to be at it. I'm never going to say I'm a blueprint but James Ward - when he made it to 80 in the world – was playing in Challengers and Futures events week in week out. Cam [Norrie] learned his trade by playing his matches and being in competitive situations. He's not got good on the practice court. He plays his tournaments, he sticks to his schedule, he's never injured – touch wood – and how that's not a blueprint is beyond me, basically.”

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