British youngster Daniel Evans has narrowly lost in the quarter-finals of the boys' singles at the Australian Open - falling 6-7 (5) 6-4 6-3 to India's Yuki Bhambri.

The 17-year-old had been hoping to be the first Briton to reach a junior Grand Slam semi-final since Andy Murray's triumph at the US Open in 2004.

He went into the tournament as the third seed and impressed in his 6-3 6-2 last 16 victory over America's Ty Trombetta.

However, eight seed Bhambri just had enough to edge a nip-and-tuck match in three gruelling sets.

It is the second consecuative time that Evans has made the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam after his run to the same stage of the US Open late last year.

Before the tournament Evans was ranked world number nine in the junior world rankings.

Seán Fay / Eurosport