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Dan Evans shared his on court tuck box with world number six Andrey Rublev, who by way of thanks promptly knocked him out of the Australian Open in straight sets.
In the first set of a 6-4 6-2 6-3 defeat Evans lobbed the Russian one of his bananas during the changeover after Rublev found himself without his preferred energy food.
The act of generosity came after the favourite had held off a break point. From there onwards he bludgeoned the British number two into submission.
Andrey Rublev surged into the fourth round of the US Open with a straight sets victory
‘He helped me with some energy for sure. I won an extra two games because I ate a banana," said a smiling Rublev later, having earned a fourth round against the outstanding Danish teenager Holger Rune.
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