Great Britain's Dan Evans beat Russian sixth seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets to reach the semi-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships.

The British number one, 29, claimed an impressive 6-2 7-6 (11-9) victory over the world number 14.

He set up a last-four encounter against German Jan-Lennard Struff or Greek second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Serbia's world number one Novak Djokovic will play Russia's Karen Khachanov in the quarter-finals.

French compatriots Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet will contest the final last-eight tie.

Evans' confidence will be building after his most convincing display in Dubai to date.

He came from a set down to beat Italian fourth seed Fabio Fognini in the opening round then edged out France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert following a third-set tie-break to reach the last eight.