Veteran Englishman has fallen to No 199 in rankings
Jacob Fearnley through but Cameron Norrie knocked out
Dan Evans opened up the men’s tournament at Queen’s Club with his biggest win for more than two years, toppling Frances Tiafoe – the seventh seed and world No 13 – 7-5, 6-2 to reach the second round.
The win was Evans’s first against a top-20 opponent since he defeated Alex de Minaur in the Davis Cup finals in 2023 and a positive step forward after an extremely difficult period in the final stretch of his career.
Having spent five consecutive years inside the top 100, Evans is attempting to re-establish himself at the top levels of the game after falling down the rankings in August last year. The 35‑year‑old scaled as high as No 21 less than two years ago but he now sits at No 199 in the ATP rankings. He received a wildcard to compete at Queen’s Club and he will also need a wildcard in order to compete in the main draw at Wimbledon in two weeks’ time.
