Dan Evans and Katie Boulter suffers first-round French Open defeats at Roland Garros

Dan Evans was left in a flap by Holger Rune, the umpire and a pigeon as he exited the French Open in the first round again, while Katie Boulter suffered late-night heartbreak against Paula Badosa.

Evans, the British No 3 was startled by a bird and rowed furiously with chair official Jaume Campistol before being sent packing by Danish 13th seed Rune 6-4 6-4 6-4, while Boulter went down 4-6 7-5 6-4 to former world…