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Even on days when he performs well and moves through the rounds with ease, drama often seems to follow Dan Evans. On Thursday, Evans played an excellent match to defeat Jeremy Chardy of France 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 and reach the third round of the Australian Open, but the match was overshadowed by a contentious incident early in the first set.
After an intense and well contested start from both, Chardy was trailing by a break point on his serve at 3-3 when a ball dropped out of his pocket in the middle of the point. The umpire, Miriam Bley of Germany, did not initially react to the ball and the point continued for three more shots until Chardy missed a forehand.