Dan Evans confident of Australian Open qualifying

British number two Dan Evans has said that he is confident of qualifying for the Australian Open.

The 23-year-old got past Huang Liang-Chi in the first round of qualifying and will now take on Marton Fucsovics of Hungary.

"I'm pretty confident I'll come through but quite a lot can happen through the next two matches," he told BBC Sport. "I had a good pre-season so I feel as good as anyone in the tournament, I'm sure.

"I need to come through [qualifying] again. I won that first match pretty comfortably, played well, and if I keep playing like that, I should put myself in some good positions in the matches to come to get through.

"Obviously [qualifying at the US Open] gives you more confidence, but you've still got to win the three matches. I was probably a bit more confident going into the US Open, I'd played a load of matches, but I've started the year pretty well and I've got a decent chance now to come through."

The Australian Open gets underway on Monday.