Kyle Edmund reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final at the Australian Open after a 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 win over Andreas Seppi on Sunday.
Edmund becomes the first British man, other than Andy Murray, to reach the last eight at a Grand Slam since Tim Henman at the 2004 US Open. The World No. 49 won 80 per cent of points behind his first serve and hit 63 winners in the two-hour, 57-minute contest.
Edmund will meet either Grigor Dimitrov or Nick Kyrgios for a place in the semi-finals.
A tight first set went to a tie-break, after Edmund saved the only break points on offer to reach 4-4 earlier in the set. Serving at 4/5 in the tie-break, Edmund lost both his service points as Seppi moved to within two sets of his first Grand Slam quarter-final.
Seppi, ranked at No. 76, broke Edmund’s serve in the third game of the second set to grasp control of the match but the Brit replied immediately with a break of his own before levelling the match on his second set point with a timely second break in the 12th game.
Edmund grew in confidence in the third set, hitting five aces and dropping just one point on his first serve. The only British man in the draw broke the Italian’s serve twice, both times to 15, to move to within a set of victory.
The early stages of the fourth set saw Edmund create break point opportunities at both 1-0 and 3-2, but he could not convert. Eventually the breakthrough came in the eighth game, which left Edmund serving for the match. The 23-year-old didn’t falter, sealing his place in a first Grand Slam quarter-final on his first match point.
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