By Mike Dickson for the Daily Mail
Published: 23:53 GMT, 20 January 2019 | Updated: 23:53 GMT, 20 January 2019
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Dan Evans has launched a withering response to suggestions by Jamie Murray that Britain's doubles players and their main coach are under-appreciated.
The British No 3 singles is incensed by the idea that doubles specialists should be treated with similar respect to those who play their trade solo.
The outspoken Midlander also gave a stinging riposte to Murray's call for his coach Louis Cayer to be made performance director or elevated to a similar position at the Lawn Tennis Association.
Dan Evans has blasted Jamie Murray's claims regarding Britain's double players
'Who exactly has Louis Cayer ever coached apart from doubles players? Why would British tennis allow him to take charge? It's a ludicrous comment,' said Evans.
'Jamie thinks we should be celebrating six pairs inside the main draw of a Grand Slam? So we are celebrating people who didn't make it at singles and people who didn't have the attitude to work hard enough to make it in the singles game.
'I like the doubles guys and they've done well, but to think we should celebrate this so the kids growing up look up to this as a huge achievement is completely wrong. Kids want to be in the second round of main draw singles events not doubles.
'We are the only country in the world to have a doubles coach travelling round paid for by the federation at the Grand Slams, they also receive medical and sports science help so saying they aren't appreciated simply isn't correct.'
Murray claimed that Britain's double players and coach Louis Cayer are under-appreciated
What appears to have drawn Evans' ire are Murray's comment about the relative success of Britain's male doubles players. Six made the second round of the Australian Open, and there are currently seven ranked 55 or better on the ATP listings.
'You've got three
