French Open 2023: 'It's a joke!' - Dan Evans hurls bottle and racquet after rant, gets code violation

Britain's Dan Evans struggled to keep his cool after a foot fault was called on him during his French Open first-round clash with Thanasi Kokkinakis on Sunday afternoon. In what quickly became a spicy match in the Paris heat, Evans was left stunned when a foot fault set him back during a service game, and he proceeded to express his frustration to the umpire and the line judge in question. Ad The 20th seed, one of the few Brits involved at Roland-Garros with no Andy Murray and no women having made the main draw, was down a set to the Australian when the incident occurred, and it led to a long delay in proceedings.

TennisBritish prospect Draper looking up to 'crazily good competitors' Murray and Evans12/05/2023 AT 17:28 Evans wanted answers from the umpire at the changeover, and he then took out some of his emotions on a water bottle and one of his racquets, both of which got slammed down by his chair with Kokkinakis having to scoop the former away from the side of the court. «It's a joke!» Evans exclaimed to the umpire as he made his case against the foot fault being called on him. «You can't see that? You didn't see that? You are obviously not paying attention either.

»If it is that obvious, you should see it! If he [the line judge] is that sure, you should see it. He is bored and doing nothing, and that is what he did. «It's a joke! That is a joke.