Brits advance

Britain’s Dan Evans and Kyle Edmund made it through to the second round of the Barcelona Open yesterday. Evans recovered from a set down to defeat Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro 6-7 6-2 7-6 and will play Mischa Zverev, the German 14th seed who knocked Andy Murray out of the Australian Open in January, in the second round. Edmund sailed through in straight sets 6-3 6-4 against world No 70 Jeremy Chardy and will face fourth seed Dominic Thiem, of Austria. Local favourite Tommy Robredo lost 6-4 6-3 to Yuichi Sugita, of Japan.