Tennis umpire Gabas has surgery after being hit in eye

Umpire Arnaud Gabas holds an ice pack to his eye after being struck by a ball during a singles match between Canada's Denis Shapovalov and Britain's Kyle Edmund.  [Photo/Agencies]

LONDON — Tennis umpire Arnaud Gabas has had surgery on a fractured bone under his left eye after being hit by a ball struck by Canadian player Denis Shapovalov during a Davis Cup match.

The International Tennis Federation says "chair umpire Arnaud Gabas has undergone successful surgery in France to repair a fracture of the orbital bone under his left eye."The 17-year-old Shapovalov hit a ball in anger in the deciding match against Kyle Edmund of Britain on Feb. 5. He was immediately defaulted and fined $7,000 by the ITF.