Dan Evans joins Andy Murray in Australian Open main draw

The 25-year-old beat Bjorn Fratangelo 7-5, 4-6, 6-0 in the third round of qualifying in Melbourne to take Britain's singles representations for the Australian Open to six in the main draw.

Evans converted six of his nine break-point chances to knock out the American, and will now face Spain's world number 19 Feliciano Lopez in the first round.

"It's nice [qualifying for the main draw]," Evans said. "I worked hard in pre-season in La Manga, even in the summer when I was playing in England in the Futures I was trying to work pretty hard. It was playing tennis and staying professional.

"I think that's the difference, just staying focused on court and staying more interested and focused on just playing tennis rather than all the other stuff, and that's pretty much what I did."

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