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Evans into Australian Open main draw

Britain's Dan Evans has reached the Australian Open main draw for the first time in his career.

The 25-year-old from Birmingham beat Bjorn Fratangelo 7-5 4-6 6-0 in the third round of qualifying in Melbourne.

Evans capitalised on six of his nine break-point opportunities to knock out the American, who is ranked 54 places higher at 131.

It means six British singles players will line up at the event, which starts on Monday.

"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.