Evans holdspublished at 17:26 BST 13 September 2023
*De Minaur 1-6 1-1 Evans
You would expect De Minaur to start making his way back into this match, now and he does take a point off the Evans serve but it's a fairly routine hold for the Brit.
Summary
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GB have unassailable 2-0 lead over Australia in Group B tie in Davis Cup
NOW: Dan Evans/Neal Skupski v Matthew Ebden/Max Purcell in doubles
Dan Evans beats Alex de Minaur 6-1 2-6 6-4 in second singles
Jack Draper beats Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) in first singles
GB and Australia playing first of their three round-robin Group B matches at Manchester's AO Arena
Top two from each of four groups qualify for November's knockout stage in Spain
Evans holdspublished at 17:26 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur holdspublished at 17:23 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur 1-6 1-0 Evans*
De Minaur lets Evans back in but eventually holds. Can he start to make inroads on the Evans serve?
Postpublished at 17:21 BST 13 September 2023
*De Minaur 1-6 0-0 Evans
De Minaur has switched from a backwards cap to a forwards cap. It's a better start from the Australian as he gets out to 30-0 pretty quickly. Game-changing hat?
Postpublished at 17:17 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur 1-6 Evans
Not much conversation happening between Evans and Britain's head coach Leon Smith. There's not much can be said after that super performance.
Unsurprisingly, De Minaur has left the court for the interval.
'Evans has broken him down'published at 17:15 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur 1-6 Evans
Nick Lester
British former tennis player on BBC TVEvans has broken him down. It's an outstanding performance and he's half way to putting Britain into a 2-0 lead.
Game and first set - Evanspublished at 17:15 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur 1-6 Evans
Image source, ReutersDe Minaur nets and that is that!
What a performance from Evans who is in total control of this second match in Manchester.
It only took around 40 minutes, too. De Minaur will have to come out firing now to get something out of this.
Postpublished at 17:13 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur 1-5 Evans*
Evans has De Minaur zipping side to side across the baseline and sets up a lovely winner on the volley.
A double fault lets the Australian back in at 30-30 but De Minaur can only send Evans' serve long.
He's a point away from a dominant first-set lead.
Evans serving for setpublished at 17:10 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur 1-5 Evans*
A big rally from the baseline to get us started but it's Evans who blinks first for 0-15 as he tries to serve out this opening set.
Postpublished at 17:09 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur 1-5 Evans*
Nick Lester
British former tennis player on BBC TV
Image source, ReutersSurprising performance from De Minaur especially after that last game when you felt like he was more competitive. This is probably first set done now for Evans. Huge bonus for him.
Evans breakspublished at 17:09 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur 1-5 Evans*
Evans sends the first break point long but another big mistake from De Minaur gives the Brit a decisive lead in this match.
Fist pumps and cheers from Evans as the Australian continues to struggle with uncharacteristic mistakes in this opening set.
Evans two break pointspublished at 17:08 BST 13 September 2023
*De Minaur 1-4 Evans
Wow.
After another tricky service game Evans is back again with two break points as De Minaur misses the forehand.
Postpublished at 17:05 BST 13 September 2023
*De Minaur 1-4 Evans
Nick Lester
British former tennis player on BBC TVDe Minaur's had a handful of chances to break in two of Evans' games so it feels like it's a lot closer than the scoreline suggests right now.
Postpublished at 17:05 BST 13 September 2023
*De Minaur 1-4 Evans
Evans has just told Britain head coach Leon Smith at the change of ends that the balls are feeling quite heavy.
So far it's not really hampered the world number 27.
Evans holdspublished at 17:03 BST 13 September 2023
*De Minaur 1-4 Evans
Evans aces for advantage and De Minaur thinks he has a case for it going out so decides to challenge. It's a good call from the line judge, though, it was in by a whisker.
A brilliant volley at the net sends us back to deuce but Evans eventually holds with a crunching forehand and a De Minaur missed return.
Postpublished at 17:00 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur 1-3 Evans*
Image source, ReutersFirst break point saved as De Minaur can't connect with the forehand then an overhead smash volley saves the second one. Deuce.
Postpublished at 16:58 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur 1-3 Evans*
Evans is shaking his head at something, not sure what.
Spot of bother for the Brit here, though as he double faults to give De Minaur two break points.
Postpublished at 16:55 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur 1-3 Evans*
Nick Lester
British former tennis player on BBC TVEvans hates giving free points away. He keeps things so tight at the back of the court and makes you work for everything.
De Minaur holdspublished at 16:55 BST 13 September 2023
De Minaur 1-3 Evans*
Better from the Australian as he sends Evans sprinting across court then opts to leave the Brit's forehand return. Correct decision, it was going long.
A much-needed hold for De Minaur, he's finally on the board.
Postpublished at 16:54 BST 13 September 2023
*De Minaur 0-3 Evans
De Minaur saves the first break point when Evans nets his backhand and then the second when he does the same on his forehand effort. Deuce.
Postpublished at 16:53 BST 13 September 2023
*De Minaur 0-3 Evans
Nick Lester
British former tennis player on BBC TVDe Minaur has only won six points so far and we're almost four games in here.