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Paris - French wildcard Laurent Lokoli refused to shake the hand of Martin Klizan after claiming his Slovakian opponent had faked injury in a bitter Roland Garros clash on Tuesday.
Lokoli snubbed Klizan as the 27-year-old world number 50 offered his hand after completing a 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 4-6, 0-6, 6-4 win.
Lokoli, the world number 285, argued that Klizan, who claimed he was suffering from a calf injury, was being disrespectful.
"He made out he had a leg injury but then in the fifth set he was running around like a rabbit," said the Corsican.
"He speaks of respect but he showed none of this."
Lokoli was also furious that Klizan loudly celebrated when he served a double fault which sent him 4-2 down in the decider.
Later in his news conference, Lokoli insisted that he had refused to shake hands because he believed that Klizan should have called for medical attention if he was genuinely injured.
"I have nothing against him as a man, I always respect players on the court. You have two things there.
"He is a top 50 player. I play Futures and Challengers. There was no respect."
Klizan said he suffered the injury three weeks ago and had pulled out of the Madrid, Rome and Geneva tournaments.
But he refused to comment on the controversial match.
"I have no comment on this. It was his decision not to shake hands so I accept that," said Klizan, who added he only agreed to come to Paris at the last minute.
"In the fourth set, he was playing perfect tennis. I also felt a pinch in my calf.
"I thought I might have to retire or play a fifth set. So I just kept on fighting."
French Open results on Tuesday, the third day of the 2017 tournament at Roland Garros (x denotes seeding):
Men
First round
Andy Murray (GBR x1) bt Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
Martin Klizan (SVK) bt Laurent Lokoli (FRA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 4-6, 0-6, 6-4
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7/1)
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x29) bt Guido Pella (ARG) 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
John Isner (USA x21) bt Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) bt Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 6-0, 6-2, 6-4
Karen Khachanov (RUS) bt Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-1
Tomas Berdych (CZE x13) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Alexander Zverev (GER x9) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Hyeon Chung (KOR) bt Sam Querrey (USA x27) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Ernesto Escobedo (USA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 6-4
Jermy Chardy (FRA) bt Radu Albot (MDA) 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)
Kei Nishikori (JPN x8) bt Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Stan Wawrinka (SUI x3) bt Jozef Kovalik (SVK) 6-2, 7-6 (8/6), 6-3
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
Gael Monfils (FRA x15) bt Dustin Brown (GER) 6-4, 7-5, 6-0
Kyle Edmund (GBR) bt Gastao Elias (POR) 6-3, 6-2, 7-5
Kevin Anderson (RSA) bt Malek Jaziri (TUN) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)
Nick Kyrgios (AUS x18) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3
Women
First round
Elina Svitolina (UKR x5) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-4, 6-3
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 6-0, 6-4
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT x17) bt Annika Beck (GER) 6-2, 6-4
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) bt Risa Ozaki (JPN) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Petra Martic (CRO) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 6-2, 7-5
Madison Keys (USA x12) bt Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 6-3, 6-2
Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 6-3, 6-1
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x21) bt Maria Sakkari (GRE) 6-4, 6-2
Darya Kasatkina (RUS) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 7-5, 6-4
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) bt Amandine Hesse (FRA) 6-1, 6-0
Tatjana Malek (GER) bt Duan Ying-Ying (CHN) 6-4, 6-1
Simona Halep (ROM x3) bt Jana Cepelova (SVK) 6-2, 6-3
Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) bt Johanna Konta (GBR x7) 1-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4
Taylor Townsend (USA) bt Miyu Kato (JPN) 6-4, 6-0
Chloe Paquet (FRA) bt Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 6-7 (4/7), 6-2, 6-2
Caroline Garcia (FRA x28) bt Nao Hibino (JPN) 6-2, 6-2
Barbora Strycova (CZE x20) bt Alison Riske (USA) 6-3, 6-0
Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Timea Babos (HUN) 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2
Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) bt Naomi Osaka (JPN) 6-3, 7-5
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x9) bt Fiona Ferro (FRA) 6-1, 6-1
