Dan Evans hit the roof on Monday night time - and couldn't reprieve himself underneath it on Tuesday.

The British No 2 crashed out 6-2, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 to France’s Quentin Halys in a shock late outcome moved from Court 2 to Centre in a bid to ease the schedule.

The 33-year-old from Birmingham had been given a code violation for making an audible obscenity in an out-of-sorts efficiency that noticed him go two units down in little greater than an hour earlier than it grew to become too darkish to proceed.

Although he was again on his greatest behaviour in entrance of the Royal Box and got here from behind to win a third-set tie-break, his failure to serve out on the finish of the fourth set meant a seventh defeat in simply eight matches.

Evans tapped his head angrily together with his racket as he slumped again down in his chair however by the point he spoke he had calmed down considerably.

“That’s sport!” he mentioned. “If you don’t take your probabilities, you don’t win.

“It was not intentional - it's tennis. You have to put your sport on the courtroom everytime you get an opportunity and I didn't try this for the primary two units and in the end that's what value me.

“Yesterday I used to be not superb in any respect however I virtually did sufficient to show the match round. It is irritating and troublesome to take, however that's the reason I preserve coming again.

"But for now it is important to step back, stop living from a suitcase for a while and then start again."

Evans additionally admitted that he'll think about altering his teaching set-up going ahead after taking a little bit of a break from tennis.

Asked if he'd be tweaking his teaching group, he added: "Yeah I've got to have a think about that but a few days not thinking or talking about tennis, obviously I'll leave incredibly frustrated - especially serving a double on 30-30. But I also think it's good to switch off and live a normal life for a while rather than out of a suitcase."

The 33-year-old is the fourth Brit to crash out within the first spherical after Harriet Dart, Katie Swan and Ryan Peniston.