Barcelona Open: Evans defeats qualifier Arnaldi, through to last 16 to face Khachanov

No 12 seed Daniel Evans reached the last 16 of the Barcelona Open by winning against Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi 6-4, 6-3 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Wednesday.

Evans, ranked No 26, will face Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 6 seed, next.

Arnaldi, ranked No 105, defeated Spaniard Jaume Munar (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Barcelona tournament.

Barcelona ATP500, other second-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.722.480, most recent results first):

• Lorenzo Musetti (9) beat Jason Kubler: 6-3, 6-1
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (2) beat Pedro Cachin: 6-4, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov beat Nicolas Jarry: 6-4, 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (15) beat Francesco Passaro: 6-2, 6-2
• Cameron Norrie (7) beat Pavel Kotov (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Alex De Minaur (8) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-0, 6-1
• Yoshihito Nishioka (16) beat David Goffin: 6-1, 7-5
• Jannik Sinner (4) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-2, 6-4
• Denis Shapovalov (14) beat Jozef Kovalik (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (11) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-3, 6-1
• Roberto Bautista Agut (13) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-2, 6-2
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-1
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Frances Tiafoe (5): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (10) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-3
• Casper Ruud (3) beat Ben Shelton: 6-2, 7-6 (1)