‘ Cocaine made me the worst boyfriend’

Dan Evans has vowed never to touch cocaine again as he prepares to return to tennis.

The former British no. 2 has slammed the recreational drug and called it a ‘ life- ruiner’, according to the Sun. Evans is making his comeback in qualifying at an event in a Glasgow leisure centre this weekend, having served a year ban for failing a drugs test at last April’s Barcelona Open.

Evans, 28 next month, said: “It’s a shocking drug and not just in sport — it’s just terrible in life. It’s a life- ruiner.

“It’s the worst thing I’ve ever done. It’s a shocking thing to do, it let down many people, not just that it brought unwanted press to tennis.”

Evans has never made any secret of his fondness for a night out.

But he declined to reveal whether taking cocaine was a one- off or the precise circumstances behind his failed test — although it is understood he took the drug at the funeral of a close friend’s mother.

Evans admitted: “I was probably the worst boyfriend there has ever been for nine months. I would never want anyone to go through what having a ban is like.

“It’s my own fault, don’t get me wrong, its difficult times that’s all.”

Evans is making his comeback in qualifying at an event in a Glasgow leisure centre this weekend, having served a year ban for failing a drugs test at last April’s Barcelona Open