Dan Evans wins at Grand Prix Hassan II, Ons Jabeur survives scare, Dominic Thiem reaches Estoril Open quarter-finals

Dan Evans overcame Australian Alexei Popyrin in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of the Grand Prix Hassan II. The Briton won 6-1 6-3 in his second appearance at the ATP 250 clay-court event in Marrakech on Thursday, and will play Andrea Vavassori in the last eight following his win over Jaume Munar. Ad “It was a tough match.

I played well,” Evans said. “I haven’t won for a few tournaments, so it was important to win again. ATP MiamiEvans' losing streak continues as he crashes out to classy Sonego25/03/2023 AT 22:46 “I enjoyed the match and it was good fun.

I really like Marrakech, that is why I came back.” The world No. 30 — who is seeded second in the Moroccan tournament — won to break a streak of six winless matches. He dictated the baseline exchanges and found great depth on his groundstrokes to save both break points he faced.

The 32-year-old saw Popyrin off in one hour and 12 minutes to stretch his head-to-head advantage over the Australian to 3-0. Tournament favourite Lorenzo Musetti beat Hugo Gaston in straight sets to progress beyond the last 16, with fourth seed Tallon Griekspoor winning in three sets. There was a shock on the day, third seed Botic van de Zandschulp was beaten in three sets by Christopher O'Connell.

In the Charleston Open, Ons Jabeur produced a hard-fought second-set comeback against Caroline Dolehide on Thursday to win 6-3 7-5 and reach the last eight. The second seed flew through the first set before falling 0-3 behind in the second as wildcard Dolehide looked to fight her way back into the tie. However, the world No.