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Barcelona Open: Britons Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans cruise into last 16

Britons Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans both claimed comfortable straight-set victories to reach the last 16 of the Barcelona Open.

British number one Norrie convincingly beat Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov 6-1 6-2 in one hour 15 minutes.

Later, Evans beat Italy's Matteo Arnaldi 6-2 6-3 to also progress.

Elsewhere, world number one Novak Djokovic fought back to beat France's Luca Van Assche and reach the quarter-final of the Srpska Open.

The Serb squandered three set points in the opener before 18-year-old Van Assche took the tie-break, but Djokovic broke twice in the second set to force a deciding set and eventually win his opening match 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-2.