Belgium advanced to the second round of Davis Cup qualifying in bizarre circumstances Sunday after Chile tennis player Cristian Garin was accidentally knocked over by his opponent and refused to continue their match.

Belgium will be Australia's next opponents in the Davis Cup, but only after advancing to the second qualifying round in bizarre circumstances.

Garin was given three consecutive time violations and lost the match while he was calling for his opponent to be disqualified.

Former world number one Martina Navratilova has expressed her opinion about the incident involving Zizou Bergs and Cristian Garin. The tennis world experienced a unique scenario where two players collided on the tennis court in the Davis Cup Qualifiers first round between Chile and Belgium.

Bergs struck Garin in the face with his right shoulder, with the Chilean grasping at his right eye and collapsing to the ground. Zizou Bergs makes a HUGE shot to break serve… but accidently collides with Cristian Garin in celebration :open_mouth: pic.

The Davis Cup tie between Belgium and Chile descended into chaos after a Belgian player won his match despite shoulder charging his opponent, who pleaded for the match to be stopped.

The incident happened during the third set of the match after Bergs secured a break in the 11th game to put Belgium on the verge of a win