MIAMI — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov defeated Britain’s Daniel Evans 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 on Saturday in second-round play at the Miami Open. Shapovalov will play either ninth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia or Russian qualifier Andrey Rublev in the third round. Shapovalov was scheduled to play a first-round doubles match with India’s Rohan Bopanna later Saturday against American Austin Krajicek and New Zealand’s Artem Sitak. The fifth-seeded women’s doubles team of Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and China’s Yifan Xu were to open Saturday against Slovenia’s Dalila Jakupovic and Russia’s Irina Khromacheva. 12 seed from Thornhill, Ont., will next play 19th-seeded Kyle Edmund of Britain in the third round.
Source: National Post March 23, 2019 17:15 UTC