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.
“[On] Monday I played my first round and it was a little difficult. There were some strange thoughts going through my head, but today I was good,” said Evans.
“I have been thinking about [retirement] for a long time, so I had plenty of time to get my head around it. I’m happy with my decision as I knew it was time. I’m really looking forward to what’s next.
“I thought I played pretty well today but Tristan was too good.”