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Dan Evans extended his winning run to seven matches to reach the quarter-finals of the Nature Valley Open in Nottingham.

The British No 3 won the Challenger title in Surbiton last week and is aiming to go one better than last year in Nottingham, when he lost to Alex De Minaur in the final.

He was in trouble against Swede Mikael Ymer, trailing 4-1 in the deciding set, but won six of the last seven games to seal a 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 victory.

Evans said: 'I didn't do much to put myself in a bad position. He played pretty well. I've played a lot of matches but I'm not playing my best tennis out there, so I'm fighting pretty hard.

'Against these young guys,

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