The 36-year-old Briton, who had previously announced his intention to retire after this year\u2019s tournament, was defeated 7-5 6-0 by Australian 28th seed Tristan Schoolkate.<\/p>\n
Evans had not been granted a wildcard for the singles main draw but is still set to compete in the men\u2019s doubles alongside Henry Searle. His final attempt to reach the main singles draw concluded after a challenging encounter against Schoolkate.<\/p>\n
The match was suspended following the first set, with the event at the Lawn Tennis Association\u2019s National Tennis Centre paused at 12.15pm. Play eventually resumed around 1.30pm. <\/p>\n
The disruption was attributed to a power loss, with BBC commentator Annabel Croft referencing the “swelteringly hot” temperatures as a potential cause. <\/p>\n
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Annabel Croft suggested the power outage may have been caused by \u2018sweltering hot\u2019 temperatures (PA)<\/p>\n
The tournament is currently operating under an extreme heat weather warning, and while the heat is suspected to be a factor in the outage, a full investigation will be undertaken. <\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the All England Club confirmed: “There was a temporary loss of power to part of our qualifying venue, which meant that the electronic line calling system could not function. Power has now been restored and play has resumed.”<\/p>\n
Cheered on by a partisan home crowd, Evans was narrowly beaten in the first set. After the unexpected delay, Schoolkate returned to dominate the second set, securing victory with an early double service break. <\/p>\n
Reflecting on his performance, Evans told BBC Sport: “Today I was good… I thought I played pretty well today, but Tristan was too good.” <\/p>\n
He admitted the break “took the sting out of the match a bit,” adding, as quoted by the Telegraph: “I went in the ice bath very quickly (during the break), and then had a shower, got changed. It hasn\u2019t happened to me before but it\u2019s just so hot, isn\u2019t it? I guess something happened, but yes, a first in my career.”<\/p>\n
World number 147 Schoolkate paid tribute to Evans, a member of Great Britain\u2019s 2015 Davis Cup-winning team. <\/p>\n
“Dan is a phenomenal player and I wish him all the best for after his career,” Schoolkate said. “I have looked up to guys like him for a long time. So much of the tennis today is the same old, same old. Watching him, the way he jinks it around, his slices are amazing, he\u2019s a great competitor and so many young kids can learn a lot from Dan.”<\/p>\n
In other qualifying results, Billy Harris and Oliver Tarvet both advanced to the final round, defeating Hungary\u2019s Zsombor Piros and Canada\u2019s Alexis Galarneau respectively. Max Basing also progressed with a 7-5 6-2 win over German Tom Gentzsch. <\/p>\n
However, Paul Jubb lost 6-4 3-6 6-1 to Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera of Chile, and Esther Adeshina was defeated 6-2 6-2 by France\u2019s Harmony Tan in the women\u2019s event, another match affected by the delay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[595,607,1122,9478,9477,602,1861,4567,366,596,610,613,603,1126,601,139,604,341,609,3494,606,113,9476,1860,28,578,285,611],"class_list":["post-24062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wimbledon","tag-adult","tag-all-england-lawn-tennis-and-croquet-club","tag-color-image","tag-dan-evans-tennis-player","tag-day-4","tag-england","tag-forehand","tag-full-length","tag-grand-slam","tag-horizontal","tag-individual-event","tag-international-tennis-federation","tag-london-england","tag-match-sport","tag-men","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-one-person","tag-people","tag-photography","tag-round-two","tag-serbia","tag-sport","tag-sports-ball","tag-taking-a-shot-sport","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-wimbledon","tag-wimbledon-lawn-tennis-championships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}