Kyle Edmund Sporting stars are taking a pragmatic approach to the 2020 calendar being decimated by coronavirus, with Sir Mo Farah and Kyle Edmund already planning ahead. (Image: Twitter) More
“He just teed my fucking racket” he said.After confounding Edmund with low slices and successful forays to the net, it was Evans who earned the final roar and he did not waste it. Edmund’s racket tapping technique was a little too aggressive for Evans and he told his rival: “Be very careful, Kyle. Having not competed since early March, the difference in match sharpness between Konta and her rivals was as evident as in her loss to Jodie Burrage on the opening day. Dan Evans got upset about Kyle Edmund after a match in the Battle of the Brits tournament series. He just teed my racquet. Be very careful mate,” Evans told Edmund before returning to his team, where he complained again.After outclassing the 25-year-old in straight sets, Evans’ good mood was soured when he accused his opponent of hitting his racquet too hard.Technically, stars can’t actually shake hands at the net anymore because of coronavirus and the post-match ritual has been replaced with a racquet tap — but that still leaves room for tempers to boil over.Like everything else in the world, tennis looks a lot different amid a global pandemic but one thing that hasn’t changed is salty players showing their frustration at the end-of-match handshake.Reacting to the spat on Twitter, tennis writer Tumaini Carayol said: “I thought no proper handshakes would rob us of some essential drama, but Kyle Edmund just moodily hit Evans’ racquet a bit too hard.”Handshakes may have been replaced with racquet taps in tennis but bad blood still boiled over between two very competitive countrymen.Dan Evans fired up at Kyle Edmund as handshakes are replaced with racquet taps.“Did you see what he did to my racquet?
It’s the brainchild of doubles star Jamie Murray, the brother of three-time grand slam champion Andy Murray.Each match is worth a certain amount of points as two teams of 13 go head-to-head.“We want to bring the best British players together, men and women, in one event to showcase the best of British talent,” Jamie Murray said.World No. From the opening game, both punctuated their victorious points with loud cheers, seemingly determined to silence the other.The Battle of the Brits came alive on Tuesday evening as Dan Evans outclassed Kyle Edmund 6-4, 6-4 to win a spicy duel at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton. Instead of the delicate racket tap that has replaced handshakes since the pandemic, Edmund struck the frame of Evans’ racquet with deliberate force. Be very careful mate.” When he returned to his box, his team-mate Heather Watson suggested Edmund was joking, but Evans was having none … Surrounded only by their teammates, the pride of the top two male British players came to the fore.
28 Dan Evans took exception to the way a disappointed Kyle Edmund approached the gesture as he beat his countryman 6-4 6-4 at the Battle of the Brits this morning (AEDT).“It brings live and competitive tennis to the fans in the absence of major events at this time of the year.”“Be very careful, Kyle. Dan Evans and Kyle Edmund rub: "Be careful, my friend!" “He said he misinterpreted it. There was nothing there – a racket touch is not that big of a deal, to be honest.”As the victor returned to his box seething, he refused to entertain the suggestion from Heather Watson, his teammate, that Edmund’s gesture was in jest. It was more like, at the end of the match, touching the racket.
His final triumphant yell was the gesture that seemed to provoke a reaction.