BBC Sport · Apr 24, 2017
Barcelona Open: Dan Evans and Kyle Edmund through to second round
Dan Evans will play Mischa Zverev in the next roundDan Evans claimed his first ATP Tour win on clay at the Barcelona Open as fellow Briton Kyle Edmund also progressed to the second round.
World number 43 Evans took a final set tie-break against Thiago Monteiro of Brazil to triumph 6-7 (4) 6-2 7-6 (2).
His only two previous wins on the surface at tour level came in Davis Cup dead rubbers.
Edmund, the World number 42, brushed aside Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-3 6-4 and faces Austria's Dominic Thiem next.
Evans, 26, will play Mischa Zverev, who beat Andy Murray at this year's Australian Open, in the second round.