Eastbourne Open: Evans makes last eight, beats second seed Paul

Wildcard Daniel Evans won against American Tommy Paul, the second seed, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the last 8 of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club on Wednesday evening.

Evans, ranked No 170, will play American lucky loser Jenson Brooksby next.

Daniel Evans edged out Serb Miomir Kecmanovic (3-6, 6-4, 6-4) ahead of his victory.

Eastbourne ATP 250, other second-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 756.875, most recent results first):

• Taylor Fritz vs. Joao Fonseca
• Marcos Giron beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-3, 6-1
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (6) beat James Duckworth (Q): 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4
• Billy Harris (LL) beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Jakub Mensik (3) beat Reilly Opelka: 7-5, 6-3
• Jenson Brooksby beat Nuno Borges (8): 6-4, 6-4
• Ugo Humbert (4) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-5, 6-4