Talk about going bananas: There was an unusual show of sportsmanship at the Australian Open on Saturday, when one player, Dan Evans, offered a piece of fruit to his opponent, Andrey Rublev.
And the fifth-seeded Rublev joked after his 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 victory put him in the fourth round at Melbourne Park: "He helped me with the energy."
Evans, a 32-year-old from Britain who was seeded 25th in the year's first Grand Slam tournament, had just been handed a pair of bananas by a ball kid. Asked whether he would have provided the bit of food to someone he doesn't like, Evans, in perhaps typical British fashion, replied simply, "No."
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