Australian Open – Qualifying: Evans, Kuhn, Fokina and Paul advance

The second day of the qualifying action at Melbourne Park has brought some interesting matches and more players who continued their quest towards the main draw of the opening Grand Slam of the season. Two years ago, Daniel Evans was in the second week of the Australian Open before the well-known problems that forced him to start all over after dropping out from the ranking list in April last year.

Daniel made quick progress in the second part of 2018 to enter the top-200 and get the opportunity to play here in Melbourne and chase the place in the Australian Open main draw for the third time. .

Dutra Silva had to play against four break points and he suffered three breaks, trailing from start to finish and ending his journey on the first step. Evans was in the zone from the very first ball, earning breaks in games two and eight for a 6-2 and scoring another one in the fourth game of the second set to book his place in the second qualifying round.

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A teenager grabbed the opening set with a single break at 1-1 and he came from a 3-0 down in set number two to reach the tie break and seal the deal in straight sets. The top seed Lorenzo Sonego made a perfect start against the British youngster Jay Clarke, forging a 6-2, 6-3 win after saving six out of seven break points and converting four opportunities on the return for the place in the next round.