Evans: It feels good to be bek
DAN EVANS made a spectacular return to Davis Cup action with a breathless five-set victory over Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin.
Evans, in GB colours for the first time in over a year following his drug ban, had not even played a fifth set since September 2016.
He looked down and out when world No.60 Istomin (circle) raced away with the third 6-0 to take a 2-1 lead. But gutsy Evans, roared on by a raucous Glasgow crowd, somehow fought back to win 7-6 (7/4) 4-6 0-6 6-4 7-5.
Evans, 28, who returned in April after serving a year’s ban for testing positive for cocaine, said: “You keep yourself going for days like this. I might not get in the team next time.”