Dart wins in first round of French Open qualifying but Evans out

Dart wins in first round of qualifying but Evans outImage source, Getty Images and PA MediaImage caption, Harriet Dart (left) has only played twice in the French Open main drawByEmily SalleyBBC Sport journalistPublished5 minutes agoBritain’s Harriet Dart fought back to beat China’s Yue Yuan in the opening round of French Open qualifying, but Dan Evans fell at the first hurdle.Evans, the oldest player in men’s singles qualifying at 35, suffered a 6-4 6-4 defeat at the hands of the draw’s youngest player – 17-year-old French wildcard Daniel Jade.The former world number 21, who turned professional three years before Jade was born in 2009, went a break up in the opener, but the teenager claimed three games in a row to wrap up the set and struck the decisive blow at 4-4 in the second.Now ranked 211th, Evans has not competed in the main draw of a major since receiving a wildcard for Wimbledon last year, where he lost in the second round.Dart, meanwhile, needed over three hours to move past Chinese 10th seed Yuan 5-7 6-4 6-2.Sinner speeds into history book – and is matching the greats