DUBAI RESULTS. Daniel Evans bests Rublev in the quarter

Daniel Evans downs Andrey Rublev 6-2 7-6⁹ in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday. Evans will have to play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Evans had a strong start of this set after breaking Rublev in the 1^st game (1-0). Evans improved his lead after breaking Rublev in the 5^th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

2^nd set.

Evans won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4^th (1-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Evans broke back in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 7^th (4-3) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 9.

Daniel missed the chance to break the Russian in the 1^st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

A defining moment of this contest was when Evans won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 1-3 to 5-3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Brit scored 90 points vs. the Russian’s 83 points.

Evans won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 36% (4/11). On the other side, Rublev was not so effective in converting his break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Evans and Rublev is 1-1.

Highlights Daniel Evans vs. Andrey Rublev Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai

Next Match H2H: Daniel Evans vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Evans will take on Tsitsipas in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Daniel Evans and Stefanos Tsitsipas since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Daniel EvansEvans – Andrey RublevRublev (6-2 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Richard GasquetGasquet (10-7) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (2-1) – See H2H details
• Daniel EvansEvans – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – See H2H details