China Open: Sinner comes through testing encounter with Dan Evans to reach the second round

Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 6 seed, advanced to the second round of the China Open by winning against Daniel Evans 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3 at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing.

The Italian was tested by a spirited Evans fightback in the second set, as Sinner had led 5-3 in the second stanza.

Ultimately, the World No 7’s quality shone through, and Sinner earned his first win since his defeat to Alexander Zverev in the US Open earlier this month.

Sinner will play the winner of the match between Chinese wildcard Juncheng Shang and Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka next.

Beijing ATP500, other first-round results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.633.875, most recent results first):

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Casper Ruud
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Alexander Zverev vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Juncheng Shang vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Karen Khachanov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Andrey Rublev vs. Cameron Norrie: friday
• Holger Rune (3) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 6-4, 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Tommy Paul: 6-2, 6-1
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Mackenzie McDonald (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Alex De Minaur beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Yi Zhou (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat J.J. Wolf (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Ugo Humbert beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-5, 3-6, 6-0