Evans beats British teenager Searle in Nottingham

Great Britain's Dan Evans reached nan 3rd information of nan Nottingham Open pinch a battling triumph complete teenage compatriot Henry Searle.

Second seed Evans was good matched by nan 18-year-old and aft his 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) triumph said nan reigning Wimbledon inferior champion will beryllium "a hellhole of a player".

Searle, nan existent world number 630, is yet to make his debut astatine ATP Tour level, but underlined his imaginable successful a tight contest.

"He's evidently very good," said Evans.

"I'm conscionable happy to travel done to beryllium honorable - it's not nan tie I wanted to spot erstwhile I saw I was adjacent to his name."

Neither subordinate was capable to break service successful nan opening group which Evans sealed pinch an ace astatine nan extremity of a tense tie-break.

The British number 3 group up triple break constituent connected Searle's first work crippled successful nan 2nd but nan teen responded brilliantly to salvage a hold.

Searle past capitalised connected his momentum to unafraid nan first break of nan lucifer and led 3-2 aft Evans sliced a driblet changeable into nan net.

But Evans saved different break constituent astatine 4-3 and past collapsed backmost to 30 successful nan adjacent crippled by returning 2 overhead smashes earlier Searle volleyed into nan net.

Qualifier Searle faded successful nan second-set tie-break pinch Evans astatine 1 constituent starring 6-3 earlier getting complete nan line.

"Credit to him - he played great," added Evans. "He's going to beryllium a hellhole of a player."

Evans has now won 3 of his 4 grass-court matches this summertime arsenic he builds up to Wimbledon which starts connected 1 July.

British number 1 Katie Boulter is connected tribunal later connected Wednesday, taking connected Canadian Rebecca Marino.

Fellow Briton Heather Watson faces Czech sixth seed Karolina Pliskova.

In nan Stuttgart Open, British number 2 Jack Draper plays American Marcos Giron.