MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Britain's Kyle Edmund reached the quarter-finals of a grand slam for the first time after coming from a set down to oust Italian Andreas Seppi 6-7(4) 7-5 6-2 6-3 in the fourth round of the Australian Open on Sunday. "He plays very well here, he has reached the fourth round a few times and is playing very well but so was I," the unassuming Yorkshireman said on court. A leaping backhand service return gave Edmund the early break in the third set and the Briton never looked back as he raced away to take a 2-1 lead after little more than half an hour. "It was a close first set and I didn't feel I got the best start," he said. In the second set I tried to shift the momentum and once I broke him in the last game of the second set I took control of the match."

Source: The Star January 21, 2018 09:09 UTC