Citi Open: Dan Evans emphatically ends Kyle Edmund’s resurgence with straight sets victory in Washington

Daniel Evans made mild work of Kyle Edmund 6-1 6-2 to emphatically finish his British rival’s resurgence and proceed to the final 16 of the Citi Open in Washington.

Nevertheless, Evans proved a category above the previous world no 14, with the 32-year-old taking full benefit of his opponent’s rustiness.

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“It is simply good to see him again,” Evans stated of Edmund in a post-match interview.

“He is nowhere close to the place he most likely desires to be. He is a fantastic participant and I am simply actually joyful to see him again.

“He works tremendous onerous, he places it on the market day after day and he is had a irritating two years.”

Evans was in speedy management, breaking Edmund in simply the second recreation of the primary match and twice extra to rally by means of the opening set 6-1, with the latter making quite a few unforced errors.

Edmund put up extra of a battle within the preliminary phases of the second set, however the errors crept again into his recreation as his serve was damaged within the third recreation after which once more within the fifth.

With Edmund failing to get into any sort of rhythm, Evans was relentless in his pursuit of victory, choosing off his opponent time and time once more with precision and energy, making one other break to take it to 5-1.

Considerably unexpectedly, Evans’ serve was damaged simply when it appeared just like the British No 2 was set to stitch up the competition. However that was merely delaying the inevitable as Evans instantly broke again to take the match in convincing method.