GB's Evans out of Wimbledon qualifying as singles career ends

Britain's Dan Evans has played the last professional singles match of his career after losing to Tristan Schoolkate in the second round of Wimbledon qualifying. The 36-year-old announced earlier this month that he would retire after the Championships, which starts on Monday. Evans missed out on one of the eight singles wildcards, meaning he needed to win three matches in Roehampton this week to play one last singles tournament at SW19. But his singles career came to a disappointing end as he suffered a 7-5 6-0 defeat in a match that was disrupted by an issue with the electronic line calling system. Evans, however, will still play at Wimbledon after being given a wildcard into the men's doubles with Henry Searle. Watched on by a packed-out home crowd at Roehampton, Evans seemed to be enjoying himself and playing with freedom during a tight first set against Australian Schoolkate. At 5-4 down, he entertained the fans with a brilliant forehand winner - hitting it down the line after diving to the floor to reach a Schoolkate drop shot. That earned him a standing ovation and he remained on the floor to celebrate, pretending to swim on the pristine green court. However, it was Schoolkate who clinched the opener before the second set was delayed for more than an hour when the electronic line calling system stopped working. …