Dan Evans may have many highlights to carry home from the Australian Open this year as he trumped and challenged some of the best players in the world. His performances included reaching his first ATP final at the Sydney International and wins over Marin Cilic and local Bernard Tomic at the Australian Open. Read more | Dan Evans stuns seventh seed Marin Cilic to advance to 3rd roundHowever, asked for the highlight of his trip, Evans gave a mischievous grin and mentioned an incident that initially made him fume “for 20 minutes”. Evans said on Sunday that the South Africa-born batsman had got in touch and sent him some tickets for a Twenty20 match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Evans will return home with more than A$200000 ($151,020) in his pocket and almost certainly to a new kit sponsor.

Source: Hindustan Times January 22, 2017 13:29 UTC