He took Novak Djokovic to five sets at the Australian Open in January and put Andy Murray through an exhausting encounter on the same court at Queen’s in the Davis Cup quarter-finals a year ago.
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Andy Murray says he is happy to see more British players doing well in high-profile tournaments. “I think maybe Tim is the only one that I ever played”.
“It’s been great to be able to train with him”, said Edmund, whose best performance at a grand slam was reaching this year’s French Open second round.
Kyle Edmund recorded the biggest victory of his promising career to date as he defeated the world number 18 Gilles Simon at the Aegon Championships.
Edmund was left awaiting the victor of the match between Andy Murray and Aljaz Bedene, which was brought forward to 1.15pm.
The world No.2 beat the Slovenian-born British No 2 6-3 6-4 in 83 minutes in his first meeting with a fellow Brit since 2006.
A sumptuous backhand lob was the pick of several delicate winners early on but it was a poorly executed drop-shot from Bedene that proved crucial, allowing Murray to break in the eighth game and seal the opening set.
In an evenly contested second set it was Murray who seized the early initiative forcing three break points in the opening game, but showing bags of character Bedene saved them all to take an early lead.
Murray had battled hard to subdue Nicolas Mahut in two tie-breaks in the first round and initially he looked out of sync against Bedene.
Murray was on top without having to reach top gear and after breaking in the third game of the second set, he gifted the advantage back with a careless effort in the next game.
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Britain’s Kyle Edmund has been given a free pass into the quarter-finals at Queen’s after his opponent Paul-Henri Mathieu pulled out injured.
