Adelaide International 2: Briton Jack Draper through but Dan Evans knocked out

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Briton Jack Draper reached the past 16 of the Adelaide International 2 but compatriot Dan Evans was knocked retired successful consecutive sets.

Draper eased past Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-4 6-2, portion 5th effect Evans mislaid 5-7 5-7 to unseeded American Mackenzie McDonald.

Briton Kyle Edmund faces Serb Miomir Kecmanovic aboriginal connected Monday.

In the women's event, 2022 Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins bushed Karolina Pliskova 6-2 6-4.

And successful a conflict betwixt existent and erstwhile Wimbledon champions, Kazakhstan's 2022 victor Elena Rybakina mislaid 6-3 7-5 to Czech Petra Kvitova.

There are 2 ATP-WTA Adelaide Internationals this period arsenic players cogwheel up for adjacent week's Australian Open, with Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka winning the titles successful week one.

Draper, who volition vie astatine the Australian Open for the archetypal time, volition look American eighth effect Tommy Paul oregon Australian fortunate loser Christopher O'Connell successful the adjacent round.

The apical 4 seeds - Andrey Rublev, Pablo Carreno Busta, Karen Khachanov and Roberto Bautista Agut - were fixed byes into the past 16.

In the women's draw, American Collins continued her good signifier and cemented her presumption arsenic 1 of the favourites for the Australian Open singles crown with a straight-set triumph implicit erstwhile satellite fig 1 Pliskova.

Collins volition look Jil Teichmann successful the adjacent circular aft the Swiss qualifier defeated 2021 French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5 6-4.

It was the Russian's archetypal lucifer for 8 months aft sustaining a genu wounded past summer.

World fig 1 Iga Swiatek and third-ranked Jessica Pegula had been owed to play this week, but some pulled retired aft their exploits astatine the United Cup with Poland and the United States respectively.

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