Commentary for Berakhot 3:9
ואי בעית אימא יליף מברייתו של עולם דכתיב ויהי ערב ויהי בקר יום אחד
Or if thou wilt, I can say that he derives [his reason for commencing with the evening] from the account of the Creation ; for it is written : "It was evening and it was morning, one day" (Gen, i. 5).
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Hence the Jews reckon the day as commencing with the evening that precedes. See T. A. II. p. 418.
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Rashi on Berakhot
If you want I can say - the reason we learn evening first is to learn it from the creation of the world.
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