sport news Cam Norrie, Jo Konta and Dan Evans make it three seeds at Wimbledon for the ...

sport news Cam Norrie, Jo Konta and Dan Evans make it three seeds at Wimbledon for the ...
sport news Cam Norrie, Jo Konta and Dan Evans make it three seeds at Wimbledon for the ...

Roger Federer arrives in the UK on Tuesday and his first port of call will be a hitting session with Dan Evans at Wimbledon.

The 39-year-old has been practising on a private grass court close to Zurich's lake, owned by his friend Jorge Paulo Lemann, the Swiss-Brazilian billionaire businessman and former Davis Cup player.

Federer's choice of the British No 1 as his first sparring partner says a lot about the risen fortunes of Evans, but also comes after a week of rare encouragement for the nation which hosts Wimbledon.

Roger Federer will begin his Wimbledon preparations by practising with British No 1 Dan Evans

Roger Federer will begin his Wimbledon preparations by practising with British No 1 Dan Evans

Cam Norrie reaching the final at Queen's means that, for the first time since 1978, there will be three home singles players officially seeded at Wimbledon.

For Buster Mottram, Virginia Wade and Sue Barker read Norrie, Evans and Jo Konta.

There are a few caveats here, notably that the number of seeds is now double, at 32, and that Konta is fortunate the rankings are still in a semi-frozen state until early August, due to Covid. Also, one good week on grass does not necessarily reflect what happens on other surfaces for the rest of the year.

Nonetheless, there is a frisson of optimism after Queen's and not just because Andy Murray was able to get on court and acquit himself reasonably well.

British trio Jo Konta, Cam Norrie and Dan Evans (pictured) will all be seeded at Wimbledon

British trio Jo Konta, Cam Norrie and Dan Evans (pictured) will all be seeded at Wimbledon

Anything Murray does from here is a bonus but, even without him, there are the makings of a decent GB Davis Cup squad in the next few years.

Norrie has been a revelation this year while Evans is carrying on his good work. Most encouraging was the sudden progress of gifted 19-year-old Jack Draper, and the way he relished putting away the world's best teenager Jannik Sinner and the highly talented Alexander Bublik. Then you have Kyle Edmund, almost the forgotten man. Edmund, an Australian Open semi-finalist in 2018, spent a year searching for the cause of nagging knee problems, a journey which ultimately led him to Switzerland and those who treated Federer

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