Bernard Tomic's conqueror, Dan Evans, has accepted a sporting locker-room gesture from the Australian's father and coach, John, while criticising the behaviour of others in the Tomic entourage during Friday night's third round match on Hisense Arena.
John Tomic had once deemed Evans too inferior as a player to practice with his son, but the world No.51 said extending his career head-to-head advantage to 2-1 had not necessarily been sweeter as a consequence.
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Evans earns ire of Aussie crowd over cough
Brit Dan Evans had enough problems winning over the locals in his win over Bernard Tomic before he had an outburst over a spectator's coughs.
"(John Tomic) came to the changing room after and said 'well done'. It was nice of him. I didn't have a problem with him at all, to be honest. It was his opinion, yeah," Evans said.
"I just don't think (others in Team Tomic) conducted themselves that well. John was fine, but the rest of his team acted like complete idiots in the box, screaming at me when I was getting my towel. That's why I was upset on the match court.
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"He has a friend in the box. He doesn't know how to act on a tennis court, whoever the other guy is. Just screaming at me when I'm getting my towel. And the umpire sees it as well and doesn't say anything. I mean, I wish some of the people in my box would do that. The English people are too well-mannered."
Asked whether some of the abuse had been personal, Evans referenced the tragedy in Melbourne's CBD earlier in the day: "Yeah, the guy's just screaming at me, 'give him hell, Bernie'. There's nothing on that tennis court which could be hell, is there? What happened in Melbourne today is hell."
"It's an embarrassment. I think that's why Bernie said, 'well done', and stuff (at the net after the match), because he was a bit embarrassed by how those guys acted."
Evans had also taken issue with a fan who he believed was strategically coughing as he tried to serve, and questioned why the man had not been ejected. "Yeah, this guy behind me - obviously Croatian, Australian, whatever - was coughing as I was throwing the ball up, as well as screaming at me when I was losing points," he said.
As to whether there should have been official intervention, Evans said: "I don't know. I mean, listen, the match was great. The whole thing was good. Win or lose matches, you remember them. For three hours, you put on a good show like that. The atmosphere, even though it was against me, was great as well. I mean, the majority of the crowd were good. The Fanatics were funny at times. Yeah, I enjoyed it. It's just pockets were a bit different. Let's put it that way."
Evans, who looked the heavens after the victory, explained his emotional reaction to the victory that delivered his maiden grand slam fourth round was related to former coach Julien Hoferlin, who died last year from cancer, at the age of 49. The Belgian, who worked closely with Evans during his six years with Britain's Lawn Tennis Association, had been critical of the young player's commitment.
"There's been a lot on Twitter about Jules this week. I'm sure he's watching somewhere there," said Evans, now 26. "Obviously everybody knows he wrote that article at the end, which obviously wasn't that complimentary about me. I think he said it was an interlude into my life, tennis, an interlude in my life. At the time he was probably right. I guess when you get a bit older, you look back at those sort of things. I just think it's a bit of a shame. I'm sure he sees it from somewhere, but just not on the right side, you know."