Evans faces top seed at Danish Open

Ireland’s No 1 Scott Evans has a tough assignment against top seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in  the quarter-finals of the Danish Open

Evans, who is seeded fifth for the tournament, beat two other Danish players to make the last eight. He dropped the opening set of his first round match against against Emil Holst of Denmark, but then took the next two sets for victory. Against qualifier Joshua Eipe, in the second round, he cruised to a straight sets victory

Mens Singles:

Round 32: Scott Evans (IRE) (5) bt Emil Holst (DEN) 2-1 (16-21, 21-13, 21-19)

Round 16: Scott Evans (IRE) (5) bt Joshua Eipe (DEN) 2-0 (21-13, 21-16).

Quarter Final: Scott Evans (IRE) (5) Vs Viktor Axelsen (DEN) (1)