Watch: Khachanov loses his cool over line call, attacks net and umpire’s chair in loss to Evans

Russia’s Karen Khachanov was fortunate to avoid disqualification from the European Open on Friday when he smashed his racquet into the umpire’s chair during a fiery quarter-final loss to Britain’s Dan Evans.

Khachanov, the third seed, had a match point in the second set but was furious when a line call went against him. He kicked out at the net and clattered his racquet into the chair of umpire Adel Nour.

“It’s a joke. Everyone can see it was out. Are you drunk today?” Khachanov screamed at the official before the tie went to a decider.

Evans went on to win 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 and next faces France’s Ugo Humbert who claimed a 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) win over qualifier Lloyd Harris of South Africa.

Australian eighth seed Alex De Minaur beat Marcos Giron of the United States 6-3, 6-0 and will face Bulgarian fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov. Dimitrov progressed when Canada’s Milos Raonic withdrew injured.