Great Britain’s Dan Evans faces one of the biggest challenges of his career when he meets Roger Federer in the second round of the Australian Open.
Federer breezed past Denis Istomin in his opening round match on Monday in a confident start to his title defence. The Swiss has six grand slam titles Down Under – level with Novak Djokovic and Australian great Roy Emerson.
Evans, competing in his first grand slam since his return from a drugs ban, saw off Japan’s Tatsuma Ito to get his campaign in Melbourne off to a winning start.
He is Brtiain’s only remaining hope in the men’s singles with Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie all suffering first round eliminations.
Start time
Evans vs Federer is expected to get underway at 3am GMT on Wednesday 16 January.
TV online and live stream coverage
The 2019 Australian Open is available to watch on Eurosport and the Eurosport Player for UK viewers. A monthly Eurosport pass will set you back £9:99.
The Eurosport Player channel is also available through Amazon Prime and is available for just 1p for the first six months. The promotion ends on 27 January.
You will also be able to follow all the action with Standard Sport’s live blog.
Betting tips via Betfair | UK users only | Subject to change
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Evans to win: 12/1
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Federer to win: 1/33
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Federer to win in straight sets: 4/9
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Evans to win in straight sets: 70/1
Head to head record
The only other meeting between these two came at Wimbledon in 2016 with Federer sweeping past the Briton with a 6-4 6-2 6-2 win.
