Evans Opens Nottingham With A Win

Britain’s Daniel Evans enjoyed a successful start to the Aegon Open Nottingham on Sunday, prevailing against countryman Liam Broady 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(6). Sunday was the first day of play at the ATP World Tour 250 event, which returns to Nottingham for a second consecutive year.

Evans next will play 16^th seed Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania, who won their prior FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting in 2010.

Russian Evgeny Donskoy swept American Denis Kudla 6-4, 6-4. Donskoy next will face ninth seed Marcos Baghdatis, who reached the quarter-finals last week in Halle (l. to Zverev). Donskoy leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry 1-0, thanks to a 2013 win on indoor hard courts in Moscow.

Frenchman Adrian Mannarino also took care of American Taylor Fritz, a member of the Next Generation, 6-3, 6-2. Mannarino will face 12^th seed Paolo Lorenzi of Italy for the first time.