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Dan Evans: 'Playing Roger Federer was a bit surreal'

British number four Dan Evans admits that playing Roger Federer on Centre Court at Wimbledon was "a bit surreal".

Dan Evans has said that playing Roger Federer on Centre Court at Wimbledon was an "amazing experience", despite falling to a straight-sets defeat.

After reaching the last 32, Evans was outclassed by the seven-time champion but the British number four has insisted that he enjoyed his time competing against the Swiss.

The 26-year-old is quoted by BBC Sport as saying: "It was good. A bit surreal actually seeing him down the other end. Yeah, it was tough to just get used to. I mean, so many people.

"It was very different to what I am used to. I didn't expect it to be so sort of on top of me. It was pretty, like, close. It was really close.

"It was just an amazing experience just to play him. I don't think I played too bad, I just didn't serve very well. I enjoyed it."

Evans will move up to around 72nd in the world rankings as a result of his performances this week.

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Dan Evans during his men's singles match against Ricardas Berankis during day two of the ATP Aegon Open Nottingham on June 21, 2016
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