Dan Evans Powers Through to Third Round with Convincing Win at US Open

advertisement Evans backs up Marathon match with second round win Daniel Evans of Great Britain reacts after a point against Mariano navoni of Argentina image source gy images image caption Evans has reached the third round of the US Open for a fourth consecutive year Emily Sally BBC sport journalist published the 29th of August 2024 updated 3 hours ago Britain's Dan Evans backed up his first round Marathon match at the US Open with a straight said victory over Argentina's Mariano naoni Evans played the longest match in US Open history on Tuesday when he defeated Russia's Ken kachanov in 5 hours and 35 minutes the 34-year-old followed that up 48 hours later with a more convincing 64 6363 win against naoni the world number 36 to reach the third round ear earlier on Thursday British women's number one Katie Bolter suffered a horrendous defeat by Jessica buza Monero while Jack Draper claimed a comfortable victory over Argentina's fundo diasa Costa Bolter the 31 seed started strongly in the opening set but ultimately fell to a 75 7 to5 loss against Spain's buza Monero ranked 74th British men's number one Draper meanwhile moved seamlessly into the third round with a six for six to 6-2 success to set up a potential meeting with third seed Carlos alcaras do Evans says he felt extra pressure to reach the third round after making it through Tuesday's epic endurance test against 23rd seed cenov it was a strange 48 Hours everyone was congratulating me which was a almost a bit embarrassing Evans told Sky Sports I felt a bit more extra pressure to win I didn't want to win that match and lose in the next round it wouldn't feel right prior to his victory over naone Evans had failed to win to successive matches on the ATP Tour this year the world number 184 found himself 03 down in the first set before recovering winning six of the next seven games to take control of the match he overturned an early break in the second set before breaking twice more while he held off a late surge by naon in the third Evans celebrated with fans as his opponent fired a forehand long on the second match point after 2 hours 37 minutes he will play Australian 10th seed Alex De Manor who defeated finland's Auto verton in 75 6176 7-3 in the third round