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Australian Open 2023 results: Dan Evans beats Jeremy Chardy in Melbourne

Britain's Dan Evans raced through to the Australian Open third round, helped by winning a bizarre point that left his opponent Jeremy Chardy fuming.

Evans won 6-4 6-4 6-1 but the French veteran was unhappy the umpire did not call let on break point in the first set when a ball fell out of his pocket.

Evans, 32, took the pivotal break when Chardy hit into the net and went on to wrap up victory in less than two hours.

"I'm not sure how much he believed in his argument," said 25th seed Evans.

Evans put the drama behind him in a confident performance that teed up a third-round match against Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev.