US Open: Evans sets up De Minaur meeting in third round
Dan Evans beat Mariano Navone in straight sets in the second round on Thursday
Dan Evans from England moved into the third round of the US Open by beating Argentinian Mariano Navone 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Thursday.
Evans, ranked No 184, will face Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 10 seed, next. De Minaur defeated Finnish qualifier Otto Virtanen (7-5, 6-1, 7-6 (3)) and Marcos Giron from the US (6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4) in the previous rounds.
Dan Evans won a tough battle against Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 23 seed (6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4) ahead of his victory.
New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Tommy Paul (14) beat Max Purcell: 7-5, 6-0, 1-0 ret.
- Tristan Schoolkate vs. Jakub Mensik
- Gabriel Diallo (Q) beat Arthur Fils (24): 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4
- Alex De Minaur beat Otto Virtanen (Q): 7-5, 6-1, 7-6 (3)
- Flavio Cobolli (31) beat Zizou Bergs: 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3
- Jack Draper (25) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
- David Goffin beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
- Nuno Borges beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Alex Michelsen: 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
- Jordan Thompson beat Hubert Hurkacz (7): 7-6 (2), 6-1, 7-5
- Matteo Arnaldi (30) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
- Tomas Machac beat Sebastian Korda (16): 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
- Christopher O’Connell beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Novak Djokovic (2) beat Laslo Djere: 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 ret.
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Matteo Berrettini: 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-1
- Casper Ruud (8) beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
- Lorenzo Musetti (18) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
- Ben Shelton (13) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Alexei Popyrin (28) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
- Juncheng Shang beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Francisco Comesana beat Ugo Humbert (17): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 4-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
- Frances Tiafoe (20) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-4, 6-1, 1-0 ret.
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Brandon Nakashima beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Sebastian Baez (21): 6-1, 2-0 ret.
- Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-1, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Mitchell Krueger (Q): 6-7 (5), 0-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Francisco Cerundolo (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3