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French Open 2023: Frustrated Dan Evans suffers first round exit in straight sets to Thanasi Kokkinakis

Dan Evans’ French Open campaign is over before it started after the 20th seed suffered a first-round exit to Thanasi Kokkinakis on the opening day of action at Roland-Garros. The frustrated 33-year-old lost 4-6 4-6 4-6 to the Australian wild card to continue his dismal record at the Grand Slam event, where he has only one career win in seven main-draw matches.

Ad Evans was the favourite against the world No.108, having impressively reached the Barcelona Open semi-final on clay in April, but he was overpowered by his big-serving opponent, who made it over the first hurdle in Paris for the first time since a run to the third round in 2015. Roland-Garros'It's a joke!' — Evans hurls bottle and racquet after rant, gets code violationAN HOUR AGO Next up for Kokkinakis is a second-round clash with 2015 French Open champion Stan Wawrinka or world No.

67 Albert Ramos-Vinolas. The pair held their serves until the Australian broke his opponent to move 4-3 clear, and back-to-back aces helped the younger man to pull away in the first set for a 6-4 lead after 56 minutes under the Parisian sunshine.

The Brit produced four double faults and failed to earn a single break point in a disappointing start, but he responded strongly at the start of the second. 'It's a joke!' — Evans hurls bottle and racquet after rant, gets code violation Evans complains to umpire about Kokkinakis' coaching staff during heated match 'Good reaction' — Sabalenka responds to boos and handshake snub from Kostyuk Evans broke Kokkinakis at the first opportunity, but the Australian soon broke back as the Brit was given a warning for reacting angrily to a foot fault call.

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