Thursday’s cover: Dan Evans stuns Marin Cilic to reach Australian Open third round


Steve Luckings
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British tennis player Dan Evans makes the cover of The National Sport on Thursday, January 19, 2017 after he scored a huge upset at the Australian Open, eliminating world No 7 Marin Cilic to reach the third round.

Evans, 26, came from behind to beat the Croatian former US Open champion 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 and reach the third round, equalling his best grand slam performance.

It was only Evans’s second win against top-10 opposition, after he defeated eighth-ranked Dominic Thiem this month in Sydney.

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