Chengdu Open: Safiullin beats Evans in straight sets
Roman Safiullin defeated Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-3 on Friday night. He’ll face Australian Jordan Thompson in the next round
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Chengdu Open •Round of 16 •
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Russian Roman Safiullin won against No 4 seed Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Chengdu Open at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Friday.
Safiullin, ranked No 55, will face Australian Jordan Thompson next.
The Russian beat American Brandon Nakashima (6-4, 6-4) ahead of his victory.
Chengdu ATP250, other second-round results (Sichuan International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.152.805, most recent results first):
- Philip Sekulic vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Marcos Giron vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Corentin Moutet vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Alexander Zverev vs. Pavel Kotov
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Jordan Thompson beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-1, 7-6 (1)
- Christopher O’Connell beat Taro Daniel: 7-6 (10), 6-4
