Almaty Open: Evans to face Tiafoe in second round
Daniel Evans defeated Taro Daniel in straight sets on Tuesday. He has entered the main draw through the qualifiers
Dan Evans | © AI/Reuters/Panoramic
Qualifier Daniel Evans advanced to the second round of the Almaty Open by defeating Japanese Taro Daniel 6-2, 7-6 (4) at Almaty Arena on Tuesday.
Evans, ranked No 180, will play top seed Frances Tiafoe next.
Almaty ATP 250, other first-round results (Almaty Arena, hard, USD 1.036.700, most recent results first):
- Timofey Skatov vs. Tomas Machac
- James Duckworth vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aslan Karatsev: tuesday
- Beibit Zhukayev (WC) beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Otto Virtanen beat Fabio Fognini: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Gabriel Diallo beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Adrian Mannarino (8) beat Roman Safiullin: 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Borna Coric beat Fabian Marozsan (7): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Maximilian Marterer beat Damir Dzumhur: 7-5, 6-4
- Justin Engel (WC) beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong: 7-5, 6-4
