'A fun moment': Australian Open player gives rival a banana in heart-warming act of sportsmanship

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Dan Evans considers Andrey Rublev a friend, so it may come as no surprise the Briton was more than happy to help out the world number six during their third-round match at Melbourne Park.

abc.net.au/news/australian-open-andrey-rublev-dan-evans/101879738Dan Evans considers Andrey Rublev a friend, so it may come as no surprise the Briton was more than happy to help out the world number six during their third-round match at the Australian Open.

According to Evans, four bananas were meant to be brought out, but instead only two arrived and both were given to the Briton. Fifth-seeded Rublev ended up winning 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to move through to the fourth round, so Evans could be forgiven if he regretted his sporting gesture.

 

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It's sad to see the AustralianOpen hiding the Russian flag against the players name. That is so disrespectful towards the players and all Russian people, the majority of whom oppose the war in Ukraine. As for the players refusing to shake hands with Russian players, you're trash

So he offered his banana. Did I understand correctly ?

Is this newsworthy 🤨

Was it Adam Goodes?

It was no accident. Rublev is Russian. No flag, no nationality and no banana for him. Tennis Australia doesn't want Zelensky to crack the sads.

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