 The following week, Evans beat seventh-seed Marin Čilić in the second round of the Australian Open.Evans progressed to the fourth round with a straight sets win over Bernard Tomic, setting up a round-of-16 tie with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (seeded 12th).While he lost the match in 4 sets, this was the furthest he had progressed in any Grand Slam event to date.