Davis Cup drama as player hits umpire in face

Britain booked a Davis Cup quarter-final match-up against France in odd fashion on Sunday after the decisive final singles match ended when Canada's Denis Shapovalov hit the umpire with a ball (watch the incident in the video below).

The 17-year-old Israeli-born Canadian was defaulted after hitting a ball into the face of chair umpire Arnaud Gabas, handing Britain's Kyle Edmund a 6-3, 6-4, 2-1 triumph that gave Britain a 3-2 victory in the first-round tie at Ottawa.

Britain advanced to a quarter-final match-up April 7-9 against France with that winner facing either Spain or Serbia in a September semi-final.

Gabas suffered bruising and swelling around his left eye and was taken to a nearby hospital.