Evans stated he wanted to stay “mentally” robust to achieve the third spherical following Tuesday’s epic endurance take a look at in opposition to twenty third seed Khachanov.
“I knew it was going to be troublesome the longer that it went on,” stated Evans.
“My huge objective was to be huge mentally at the moment. Clearly I am drained and whenever you’re drained you may make poor errors however I did not do this.
“I got here ahead nice, made him cross rather a lot and was aggressive. That helped me mentally and bodily.”
Previous to his victory over Navone, Evans had did not win two successive matches on the ATP Tour this 12 months.
The world quantity 184 discovered himself 3-0 down within the first set earlier than recovering, successful six of the following seven video games to take management of the match.
He overturned an early break within the second set earlier than breaking twice extra, whereas he held off a late surge by Navone within the third.
Evans celebrated with followers as his opponent fired a forehand lengthy on the second match level after two hours 37 minutes.
“It has been completely different, nevertheless it was vital to win at the moment,” he stated. “The report and stuff is clearly nice however I am right here to win.”
He’ll play Australian tenth seed Alex de Minaur, who defeated Finland’s Otto Virtanen 7-5 6-1 7-6 (7-3), within the third spherical.