Dan Evans and Katie Boulter were both beaten in the first round of the French Open to complete a total British wipeout.
Evans fell to Holger Rune in straight sets before Boulter suffered late-night heartbreak against Paula Badosa.
Campistol issued Rune a warning for smashing his racket on the ground and then in the next game talked through a line call while Evans waited to serve. Evans had earlier been left in a flap by a pigeon, who got under Court Suzanne Lenglen’s new roof and dive-bombed him. Boulter’s defeat was probably the most agonising of the lot after she was a set and a break up to Spanish former
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