Marrakech Open: Second seed Evans books spot in last eight
Daniel Evans won against Alexei Popyrin 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday and will face the winner of the match between Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori and Spaniard Jaume Munar in the next round
Tennis – Davis Cup – Qualifiers – Colombia v Britain – Pueblo Viejo Country Club, Cota, Colombia – February 3, 2023 Britain’s Dan Evans in action during his match against Colombia’s Nicolas Mejia (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Second seed Daniel Evans won against Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the last eight of the Marrakech Open at the Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech on Thursday.
Evans, ranked No 30, will play the winner of the match between Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori and Spaniard Jaume Munar next.
In the previous round of the Moroccan Open, Popyrin, ranked No 95, beat Moroccan wildcard Younes Lalami Laaroussi (6-3, 6-2).
Marrakech ATP250, other second-round results (Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Pavel Kotov vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Francesco Passaro vs. Alexandre Muller
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Hugo Gaston
- Andrea Vavassori vs. Jaume Munar: thursday
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Dimitar Kuzmanov (Q): 2-0 ret.
- Christopher O’Connell beat Botic van de Zandschulp (3): 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-0
- Tallon Griekspoor (4) beat Elias Ymer (Q): 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
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