Almaty Open: Tiafoe battles past Evans to make quarters

American Frances Tiafoe, the top seed, reached the last eight of the Almaty Open by defeating qualifier Daniel Evans 6-7 (10), 7-6 (4), 6-3 at Almaty Arena on Thursday afternoon.

Tiafoe, ranked No 15, will face Australian Aleksandar Vukic next.

In the previous round of the Almaty tournament, Evans, ranked No 180, won against Japanese Taro Daniel (6-2, 7-6 (4)).

Almaty ATP 250, other second-round results (Almaty Arena, hard, USD 1.036.700, most recent results first):

• Aleksandar Vukic beat Adrian Mannarino (8): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (3) beat Otto Virtanen: 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3)
• Beibit Zhukayev (WC) beat Tomas Machac (5): 3-1 ret.
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Aslan Karatsev (Q): 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-5
• Alejandro Tabilo (2) beat Maximilian Marterer: 6-2, 6-4
• Gabriel Diallo beat Borna Coric: 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Justin Engel (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (3)