At the 2011 BWF World Championships, Evans met the second seed and eventual champion Lin Dan in the second round and came out with a 15–21, 16–21 loss.

Nearly one year later at the 2012 London Olympics, Evans again met the eventual winner Lin Dan of China in the first round and was defeated 8–21, 14–21.

[3] At the 2013 BWF World Championships, Evans lost to top seed and eventual silver medalist Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the first round with a score of 14–21, 15–21.

Evans moved to Denmark at the age of 16 to pursue his professional career joining Danish club Greve.

In the group stage, he was put with Germany's Marc Zwiebler and host Brazil's Ygor Coelho de Oliveira.