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‘Say Something Mate You are the Captain’: Dan Evans Trolls Liam Broady at ATP Cup 2022

The 2022 ATP season has begun and so is the first tournament of the year, the ATP Cup. Team Great Britain’s Dan Evans clashed up against Team Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff in the group stage of the competition. During the break, Dan Evans trolled captain Liam Broady in a fun chat at the bench.

Evans jokingly told Broady to speak up as he’s the captain of Great Britain’s Team. Subsequently, Evan defeated the German convincingly in straight sets.

Dan Evans and Liam Broady gets involved in a fun chat

Tennis players across different countries have started to showcase their best skills at the ATP Cup 2022. In the group stages, Great Britain met the German team. World No. 25 Dan Evans was up against Jan-Lennard Struff. Right after the first three games, Dan Evans was spotted having some hilarious talk with captain Liam Broady during their bench chat.

Dear @Liambroady,

You need to do more as #TeamGB captain

Regards,
Dan Evans pic.twitter.com/INJPWdFFi4

— ATPCup (@ATPCup) January 2, 2022

Evans asked Broady, ” You nervous?. Broady replied, “About what?” Subsequently, Evans jokingly said, “ Say something mate you are the captain.” It seemed like Evans wanted the captain to acknowledge the performance he showed so far. Till then, the Brit was 2-1 up in the match.

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Evans comfortably beat Struff

Dan Evans of Great Britain eased past the German with 6-1, 6-2. Throughout the match, World No. 25 looked quite confident, as he grabbed more points on his first serve. In February 2021, Evans triumphed at his first ATP Tour title at the Murray River Open. It looks like he wants to capture more titles in the year 2022.

Sep 10, 2021; Flushing, NY, USA; Alexander Zverev of Germany hits a backhand against Novak Djokovic of Serbia (not pictured) on day twelve of the 2021 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports

However, on the other side, World No. 3 Alexander Zverev overcome Cameron Norrie handsomely. Despite having an amazing season, Norrie couldn’t win a single set against Sascha. Therefore, the current standings in Group C is that Great Britain is at number two while Germany is at number three. Team USA leads the table with more win percentage.

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