Los Cabos Open: Evans through to second round after Safiullin upset

Daniel Evans advanced to the second round of the Los Cabos Open by beating Russian Roman Safiullin, the No 5 seed, 6-2, 6-4 at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center on Monday night.

Evans, ranked No 42, will play the winner of the match between Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jack Draper next.

Los Cabos ATP 250, other first-round results (Cabo del Mar Sports Center, hard, USD 915.245, most recent results first):

• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Taro Daniel vs. Marcos Giron
• Dominik Koepfer vs. Nuno Borges
• Ernesto Escobedo vs. Jordan Thompson
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Emilio Nava
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Jack Draper
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Brandon Holt
• Max Purcell vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Constant Lestienne vs. Alex Michelsen: monday