Pablo Cuevas Beats Dan Evans In Third Round Of Nottingham Open

British No. 4 Dan Evans missed an opportunity to reach the quarterfinals of the Aegon Open in Nottingham, England, on Wednesday after he lost to second seed Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay in three sets in the third round.

Pablo Cuevas Beats Dan Evans In Third Round Of Nottingham Open

The 26-year-old Brit in control after one set and a break up and served for victory against Cuevas.

The Uruguay, however, fought back and, helped by an ill-timed double fault from Evans at 5-5 in the second-set tie-break, went on to equalized the match.

Cuevas, 30, became much more comfortable on serve in the decider and eventually secured a 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 victory.

The world No. 25 will next face Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, who came back from an even greater rally to defeat fifth seed American Sam Querrey on Wednesday, saving two match points on his way to a 1-6 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 win.

Cuevas previously lost to Czech Tomas Berdych in the third round of the French Open, Roland Garros, last month.

Evans, who has beaten a player inside the world’s top 25 only once, was two points away from his first-ever ATP quarter-final on grass.

Top seed South African Kevin Anderson defeated Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-3 7-6 (8-6) and next plays sixth-ranked American Steve Johnson, who beat Canadian Vasek Pospisil in two tie-breakers, 7-6, 7-6.

Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, Italian Andreas Seppi and Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller also progressed along with Israeli Dudi Sela.

PHOTO: NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND – JUNE 22: Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay plays a forehand during his men’s singles match against Daniel Evans of Great Britain during day three of the ATP Aegon Open Nottingham at Nottingham Tennis Centre on June 22, 2016 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by Daniel Smith/Getty Images)