Dan Evans tears up in emotional interview after epic Tommy Paul upset

Dan Evans struggled to hold back the emotions during his on-court interview after beating Tommy Paul at the Eastbourne Open. The Brit progressed into the quarter-final of the event with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over the world No.13, setting up a clash with Jenson Brooksby.

He said: "To be honest, I felt good serving for the match. It was more at one love, in the second, when I started to think about the winning line, which is an error. And then I sort of went down. I just said to myself 'enjoy this; this is what it's about'.

"And I played much better tennis, stopped worrying about what he was doing. He started to play a bit better, and I then started to play very good when I stopped worrying about him so much. I played good tennis in the end, Again, an amazing crowd. Thanks again - you got me through."

Evans continued, with a tear in his eye: "It is but I know I've done the work as well and once I've got the confidence that I knew the work was in the bank. A good friend said 'if you're ready, and the door opens, you'll walk through it. If you're not, you won't'. And you know, there's no truer word for the past few weeks, and hopefully there's some more to come."

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