Daniel Evans suffered some brutal luck during his Guangzhou Challenger quarterfinal match against Juan Manuel Cerundolo as the two-time ATP champion retired while leading because his "wrist literally broke."
After taking the opening set with a 6-4 scoreline, the British tennis player also claimed a break in the very first game of the second set. Facing a break point in the second game, the current world No. 157 fell on the court and got broken back.
"I fell on my left hand," Evans was heard saying.
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Following the fall, the former world No. 21 received a medical timeout before receiving a code violation for saying something to the chair umpire.
"it's your guys' job," Evans was heard bluntly telling the umpire. The umpire cut off the Briton and responded: "We were trying our best. We were trying our best to get him…" The 35-year-old clapped back: "I try my best mate but he's just broken me, I get nothing for it."
Evans claimed another break and then retired
When the action resumed, the British tennis veteran broke Cerundolo again in the third game and went up by a set and a break. But then, the two-time ATP champion remarked, “My wrist literally broke," and that was it for the day.
Daniel Evans retired at 6-4, 2-1 up vs Juan Manuel Cerundolo.
Said “my wrist literally broke” when walking off. pic.twitter.com/QZJWZCqr50
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For Evans, this was his second consecutive retirement. A week earlier, he was in the midst of the third set against Filip Peliwo when he was forced to retire from their Shanghai Challenger round-of-16 match due to a headache and dizziness.
It remains to be seen for how long the 35-year-old Briton will be sidelined after injuring his wrist.
