Dan Evans beats Egor Gerasimov to reach Qatar Open last 16

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Britain's Dan Evans reached the last 16 of the Qatar Open with a straight-set win over Egor Gerasimov.

World number 28 Evans claimed a 6-4 6-4 victory over the Bulgarian in his first match since suffering a third-round exit at the Australian Open last month.

Evans broke in the fifth game of the first set and early in the second, holding his serve to progress.

He faces Tunisian qualifier Malek Jaziri or Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the next round in Doha.

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