his best grand slam performance for several years, certainly since he had the surgery on the installation of a metal hip. joining murray in the next round is british number two dan evans who beat facundo bagnis of argentina over four sets. this match was suspended at one stage due high levels of humidity and temperatures of 37 degrees. evans will facejeremy chardy of france in the second round dan da n eva ns dan evans is one of the great competitors out on the tour and is very disruptive for anybody. he uses his sliced backhand very effectively. forsomeone his sliced backhand very effectively. for someone who is not the tallest out there, he has an excellent save and is extremely fit. he is so tough. he loves getting into the heat of the battle. that is a really good win to come through. actually, the next round match againstjeremy chardy, who has been off for quite some time with all this, so it is surprising even to see him through to the next round. he has big weapons, big serve an
and there was another upset on the cards, british 20 year old jack draper greeting the latest win in his meteoric rise with a wry smile before the celebration became less muted when it sunk in he d just beaten last year s semifinalist. over in the less glamorous surroundings of court 12, another brit has been impressing today, dan evans making a solid start to his second round match against the australian james duckworth. dan da n eva ns dan evans was two sets up but he has just lost the third. he will be followed on to court by his compatriot cameron norrie who will be hoping to make it more micro british men to make it to the third round here for the first time in more than 50 years. laura, thank you. time for a look at the weather. here s louise lear. we have just heard this is the joint hottest summer since 2018.
league 221 points. maybe not everyone had such a bad backing two dominant tennis now, where we ve had two britons in finals action today all in the build up to wimbledon in a couple of weeks time. we ll start with dan evans, as the world number 35 has won the nottingham open. he beat australian joe thompson in straight sets, as austin halewood now reports. dan da n eva ns dan evans has always been fond of the green grass of home. growing up just an hourfrom nottingham, the british number two won the title here in 2019 and reached at this year s final without dropping a set. right from the start, he forced himself ahead with an early break of australian jordan thompson. himself ahead with an early break of australianjordan thompson. but thompson is in pretty good form himself. he won nine straight matches coming into this, and the australian quickly it back with the break of his own. but evans has been here before. the briton won his first atp tour title last year, and
charlie and emily. many thanks indeed for charlie and emily. many thanks indeed for that. british number one dan evans is in the fourth round of the us open for the first time in his career now he s looking to reach his first grand slam quarter final. but he faces an uphill challenge against second seed daniil medvedev. he s gone a set down but he has just broken back in the second and it is now 3 3. dan da n eva ns dan evans trailing, though. time now for some of today s other stories. primoz roglic has retained his vuelta a espana title. the slovenian won the final stage time trial to claim the last grand tour of the yearfor the third time in a row. britain s adam yates finished fourth overall. belgium s lotte kopecky won the final stage of the women s vuelta, with britain s anna henderson claiming third. dutch rider annemiek van vleuten took the overall victory by more than a minute and a half. at super league s magic weekend, england international george williams came back to