Kyle Edmund

[Jane]

Kyle did himself proud

[Jan]

Indeed - well fought Kyle.
Bring on the next tournament for him!
:GBflag:

[greatunclebulgaria]

I think he will walk away from that thinking he could have won it

[JAMES4578]

Great effort from Kyle in sets 2 and 3 but unfortunately Nadal just a bit stronger in the end, can certainly take the positives from it though!

[JerryD]

Really well done form Kyle. I hope he takes the positives from this match and feels proud rather than focusing on not getting the win.

[patlowe]

Great entertainment! Well done Kyle!!

[Joyce]

Had to go out after 1st set. Just came on to check score. Well-played, Kyle!

[RosieBear]

Valiant effort - well done Kyle :clap: And hats off to Rafa - not my taste but got to respect his clay prowess.

[Alis]

A great effort from Kyle - it should do a lot for his confidence.

[lynne]

Got back home for the second set, as you all have said, such courageous play from Kyle, didn't let that first set get him down (must admit when I saw the score of the first set, my heart sank), but he just kept on fighting, you just couldn't take your eyes of the tv,he sure got Rafa worried & made him work for the win.....Bravo Kyle!!!:thumbup:

[patmoren]

Great effort from Kyle a bit too much pressure on his shots towards the end and was over shooting the lines. He can feel proud taking a set off Rafa, more to come.

[anor]

Great fight back by Kyle after being steamrollered in 1st set. His attitude was great and his ventures to the net were encouraging for the future. Well fought Kyle.

[lovetennis]

Wasn't able to watch this one but reading the tweets from tennis journalists it sounds like Kyle did an excellent job of pulling it back after being bageled in the first set. It would have been so easy for him to throw in the towel after that, but great credit and good omen for the future that he didn't give up and pushed Rafa all the way :thumbup:

[JerryD]

Edmund up against chardy, my back is stilll giving me Jin after a fall last week so I'm propped up by cushions to watch this one. It is taking the edge off by provided a distraction

Kyle is playing well, he had one hairy game which he did well to come out of. Then he broke for 3-1 though chardy did get a break back point in the next game. Edmund did take it to advantage but missed his first serve on the next point. Chardy took advantage with a great winner. Back to deuce

[JerryD]

Back to advantage and then a good winner for the game. Kyle leads 4-1 in the first set

[Jan]

Just home - ooh great stuff, come on Kyle!

[JerryD]

Another great point from Kyle, including one that should have been a winner down the line but chardy returned it. Kyle took the point with a drop shot 40-40

[JerryD]

Ahh well a great serve by chardy, then a ball in the net from Kyle and chardy holds 4-2 but you still feel as if the game could have been Kyle's too. He is really getting into chardy's serves.

[JerryD]

A great service game from Kyle, holding to love 5-3 and chardy will serve to stay in the set

[JerryD]

Fantastic service game for chardy. He holds to love. Kyle now serving for the set at 5-3 and starts with a ace for 15-0

[JerryD]

40- 15 set points for Kyle

[JerryD]

The pain a double fault (his 4th) 40-30 come on Kyle

[JerryD]

Then a backhand unforced error :( 40-40 come one Kyle !!!

[JerryD]

Second ace of the match adv Kyle! Then takes the set 6-3 after 36 mins

[Jan]

:clap::GBflag:

[JerryD]

Can't believe how empty the stadium is!

[Sallydaisy]

Can't believe how empty the stadium is!
It's quite common for there to be few spectators in the early rounds, especially morning matches.
Not many events, even Masters, bring in the crowds all day every day.
I remember photos from the Shanghai Masters last year showing masses of empty seats.

[JerryD]

Kyle gets the early break at the start of the second set :) 1-0

[Jan]

Kit kat!!

[JerryD]

It's quite common for there to be few spectators in the early rounds, especially morning matches.
Not many events, even Masters, bring in the crowds all day every day.
I remember photos from the Shanghai Masters last year showing masses of empty seats.

I always find the matches of the Asian swing look like no one is watching.i wasn't expecting Barca to be even half full at this stage but it does look on tv as if no one is there.

Kyle holds to 15. 2-0

[themass15]

Surely Linda is there supporting Kyle. She has a ticket for the whole week. Keep it up Kyle.

[JerryD]

Kyle down 0-30 at 2-1 and misses his first serve. Pressure building. Come one Kyle!!

[themass15]

I always find the matches of the Asian swing look like no one is watching.i wasn't expecting Barca to be even half full at this stage but it does look on tv as if no one is there.

Kyle holds to 15. 2-0

Perhaps the Spanish don't like getting up early in the morning. They are the latest in Europe for dinner.

[JerryD]

Kyle has had to chances to close out this game but we are back to deuce. I haven't seen Linda but the cameras aren't showing the crowd much.

Advantage come on!

[Jan]

Chardy has played some good points in this game.
Deuce again.

[JerryD]

Points to close the game again but more good play from chardy. 6th deuce followed by adv chardy. Come on Kyle

[JerryD]

Another chance to take the game followed by the 8th deuce

[JerryD]

Oh no adv chardy .. come on!

[Jan]

saved!

[Jan]

and another.
Come on Kyle!!

[JerryD]

Back to deuce but and unforced error from Kyle and its back to adv chardy. He serve to get to another deuce maybe the 10th?

[JerryD]

Fantastic 3-1 Kyle !!

[Jan]

:phew:
Kyle wins the game with a second serve ace!

[Jan]

Kyle wins 6-3 6-4
:clap::clap:
:GBflag:

[Jane]

Good win for Kyle - well done :dance: :dance:

[RosieBear]

Great win for Kyle :bravo:

[patlowe]

There we go! A good solid performance from Kyle. Well done Kyle! :thumbup: Ever since Rouen I can only think of Chardy as 'Jher-e-mee' as the Barmy Army would have said (just loud enough for him to hear) as he was about to serve or missed a serve in the dead rubber!
Looking forward to Kyle v Thiem now!

[roytennisfan]

Well done Kyle, expected him to win but you never know if he is going to perform at his best, hoping for more consistency

[JerryD]

Great win for Kyle, he came through so many tough points, that epic service game that went to deuce around 10 times was an amazing one to get out of. He was so strong mentally. Looking forward to Kyle v theim :)

[Alis]

Well done, Kyle!:yahoo:

[JAMES4578]

Some tight moments it seems but certainly impressive win for Kyle, well done!:clap::clap:

[anor]

Really pleased for Kyle that he managed to even up the h to h v Jher-e-mee. He showed great composure during that multiple deuce game and also serving out the match, something which he has found difficult previously. Well done, Kyle! :bravo:

[Jan]

Kyle v Thiem is first match tomorrow (11am local time, 10am UK time).

[JerryD]

Being on the main court sky will actually show it :) unlike the dan match

[Genbrit]

Well Done Kyle. Thanks for the running commentary as well.

Won't be able to watch any tennis until Friday as we can't get a satellite signal for the TV, in the campground we are at. :(

[Bardot]

Kyle will be the 8th seed in Estoril next week which must be the first time he's seeded at an ATP tour event.


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[Jan]

Kyle v Thiem is underway!
:GBflag:

[supergran]

Go Kyle!:GBflag::GBflag:

[Jane]

Kyle lost the first set 1 - 6 !!! :sad:

[RosieBear]

Impressive from Dom to take first set 6-1. Find him so good to watch. Hope Kyle can battle back and find a way into the match. C'mon Kyle!

[Jan]

Slightly harsh score line, but Thiem took his chances well.
Come on Kyle!!

[RosieBear]

Kyle broken :sad: tennis can be very cruel. Not a huge difference between Dom and Kyle's level, but Dom just edging it in several areas can make it seem a big difference. C'mon Kyle, keep going lad!

[themass15]

Unfortunately probably a step too much for Kyle today.

[RosieBear]

Come on Kyle - you were only player to take set off Rafa last week - you can battle back here too. Come on!

[RosieBear]

Argh! Kyle giving everything for the break back, but to be fair Dom very strong on big points. Hope Kyle can create more chances. Keep plugging away, Kedders!

[Jan]

Too good from Thiem.

[lynne]

Shame but Thiem the stronger player, no shame for Kyle another learning curve..keep going Kyle!!:thumbup:

[JAMES4578]

Thiem just too strong on the day but Kyle definitely had some chances in the 2nd.

[patlowe]

Both sets were more competitive in the first halves. Score in first set a bit misleading. Both had chances, and the difference was Thiem took them, Kyle didn't. I'm sure Kyle and his team will work on that. Every match Kyle plays is a good deposit in the experience bank. Bring on Estoril now! Well done Kyle. You certainly didn't disgrace yourself!

[JerryD]

Busy with work so wasn't even able to follow the scores on this match, nevermind watch it. Finally just catching up now. It was a shame for Kyle but theim isn't ranked where he is for nothing. Kyke had improved his ranking again these past two weeks and could be back up to 41 on Monday. He is 41 in the live rankings but there are some players beneath him still in action

[roytennisfan]

He has maintained his ranking when he could have been improving it, I thought at the beginning of the year after his first tournament that he was going to kick on and get high enough to be seeded at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, instead, it is Dan who has done so much better in 2017, having twice as many points in the ATP Race as Kyle and whilst Dan is dropping in the rankings at the moment , he is 50 places higher in the race than Kyle. Cmon Kyle, you need to start putting wins together and should be picking up more points especially on clay.

[sir coolerking]

A bit harsh there Roy. In the last 2 weeks he's been beaten by Nadal and Thiem. I'm sure he'd have loved to have been drawn against a serve and volleyer like Dan was.

[roytennisfan]

I agree that a few times he has had tough draws including the last two, but since beating Pouille (who retired) in Brisbane, the only top 50 player he has beaten is Dan and he has lost to a number of much lower ranked players on hardcourts. Hopefully, starting with Estoril, he will string together some wins and pick up more points in the remaining clay court events and take good form into the grass season. Incidentally, if he had matched Dan's 472 points in 2017 he would have been sitting happily at #32 in the rankings, getting ranked is still a possibility, but only if he can repeat the sort of wins he achieved last autumn where he ko'd 4 seeds in 4 consecutive tournaments. Yes, perhaps, I am a little disappointed in Kyle's level of performances so far this year BUT ONLY because I know he has the capability to do much better, yes he is still young...but only a year younger than Pouille, cmon Kyle, i'm rooting for you!

[roytennisfan]

Don't understand this...Kyle is not down for the Rome Qualifiers just realised this week, but is still down as an alternate (currently 3rd, Dan made it in when Roger withdrew)

[Sallydaisy]

Kyle perhaps gambling on there being a few withdrawals, and there are some potentials for that.
Monfils? Tsonga? Raonic? Querrey? (withdrew from Madrid the week before) ... Tomic? Berdych?
;)

[sir coolerking]

If he only needs 3 withdrawals I'd say he's sorted.

[roytennisfan]

Kyle(7) will play Domingues in Estoril tomorrow

[JerryD]

Kyle has just update his calendar on his website. At the moment after estoril he has Rome and Lyon on clay before the French. Then queens and Eastbourne before wimbie. http://kyleedmund.tennis/tournaments

[roytennisfan]

Watching Kyle and Sousa live on 365 3-3 against Almagro and Garcia-Lopez but they've had and lost 6 bp....frustrating, cmon Kyle &Sousa

[roytennisfan]

Kyle and Sousa win the first set 7-6 (1), very good tiebreak

[roytennisfan]

Early break and hold 2-0

[themass15]

Hopefully the doubles will help Kyle in the singles

[roytennisfan]

Another tiebreak

[roytennisfan]

No so good this time...down 2-4

[roytennisfan]

All square 1 set apiece

[roytennisfan]

Not to be 11-13, good practice for Kyle, let's hope for a couple on wins in the singles...at least

[roytennisfan]

Kyle down a break early on, hope he can overcome home player this time after losses in Aus and usa to home players

[roytennisfan]

Kyle has lost the first set 4-6 to the #242 Cmon Kyle, get on top now!

[Reef]

One careless game...4-6. Happening too often...

[roytennisfan]

Much better 6-3

[Jan]

Just home.
All to play for.
Go Kyle!

[roytennisfan]

Another poor game Kyle, 0-2

[roytennisfan]

Very frustrating come on Kyle break back now

[Reef]

It's not quite happening for Kyle for whatever reason...hope he and his coach can sort it soon.

[roytennisfan]

Very frustrating come on Kyle break back now

He does 1-2

[Jan]

Breaks back!

[roytennisfan]

His opponent is lower in the atp rankings than Brydan and Cameron and Kyle should be making mincemeat of him like he did last year in Belgrade. ..Maybe he is missing the support

[roytennisfan]

He does 1-2

Gives up 40-0 to deuce, struggling another deuce, eventually holds2-2

[roytennisfan]

Breaks again 3-2

[roytennisfan]

Much better love hold 4-2

[roytennisfan]

Breaks again from 40-0

[Jane]

5 - 2

[roytennisfan]

Serving for win 5-2

[Jan]

Much better
Come on!

[roytennisfan]

Mp

[roytennisfan]

Now bp

[roytennisfan]

Another bp

[Jan]

And that is why it's good to have a double break.
Come on Kyle!

[roytennisfan]

Broken 5-3 another really poor service game

[roytennisfan]

Had won 5 on the trot, you really expect him to serve out after that

[roytennisfan]

Having to serve it out 5-4

[Reef]

So frustrating...come on Kyle...

[roytennisfan]

15-30 Cmon Kyle

[roytennisfan]

Mp . .thus time Kyle

[roytennisfan]

Deuce

[roytennisfan]

Bp

[roytennisfan]

5-5

[Jan]

5-5

[Reef]

5-2 up to 5-5...for goodness sake Kyle...

[Jan]

Have to confess my full attention isn't on the match, but it seems that Kyle has lost his first serve at the moment.
Hope he can find it soon.

[roytennisfan]

5-6 Kyle in real trouble, serving for a tiebreak and already broken 3 times this set

[RosieBear]

Kyle's a lovely lad, but definitely not always the strongest mentally (although impressive in Belgrade last year). Hope he can toughen up a bit.

[roytennisfan]

Tiebreak

[Reef]

Tb

[Jane]

tb time - don't think I can stand it

[Reef]

The other guy has the crowd behind him...

[roytennisfan]

Awful

[Teresa]

What on earth happened?

[Jane]

Bad day at the office. Kyle !!

[Jan]

:sad:

[Bardot]

A shocker from Kyle but amazing for Domingues. First ATP main draw match & first ATP win. 23 years old & career earnings of $69K. Maybe he can afford some branded kit as it looks like he borrowed someone's t-shirt. ;) He's had a lot of success in clay futures recently, reaching the final of 4, winning 1. What was it Jamie said about underestimating players?

[RosieBear]

Kyle, Kyle, Kyle. :facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

[Reef]

Bad day at the office. Kyle !!
He's had a few of these lately...seems to be "stuck" somehow. Maybe if he could show a bit of fire it might help. To lose from serving for the match at 5-2 must really hurt.

[JAMES4578]

Frustrating for Kyle and a few disappointments lately,hopefully back on track soon.

[Alis]

Well, the world no 1 lost from 4-0 up recently, so he's in good company! ;) Seriously though, he seems to have all the tools but isn't using them as effectively as he might. Perhaps a sports psychologist would help.

[JerryD]

Oh well, there's always Rome :)

[roytennisfan]

Oh well, there's always Rome :)

That's assuming there are 3 withdrawals from Rome , which there probably will, also Lyon and Roland Garros, we all know how he is capable of so much on clay but in the past year he has beaten 5 top 20 players as well as the #21 but none of these wins have been on clay which is surprising because most of us think he is best on clay!

[JerryD]

I mentioned it because it is on list of tournaments he is playing on his website. So I guess he plans to play. Also because it's next up for him, not because it's on clay ;)

[sir coolerking]

I agree that a few times he has had tough draws including the last two, but since beating Pouille (who retired) in Brisbane, the only top 50 player he has beaten is Dan and he has lost to a number of much lower ranked players on hardcourts. Hopefully, starting with Estoril, he will string together some wins and pick up more points in the remaining clay court events and take good form into the grass season. Incidentally, if he had matched Dan's 472 points in 2017 he would have been sitting happily at #32 in the rankings, getting ranked is still a possibility, but only if he can repeat the sort of wins he achieved last autumn where he ko'd 4 seeds in 4 consecutive tournaments. Yes, perhaps, I am a little disappointed in Kyle's level of performances so far this year BUT ONLY because I know he has the capability to do much better, yes he is still young...but only a year younger than Pouille, cmon Kyle, i'm rooting for you!

I certainly can't defend him this time for being unlucky with the draw. Embarrassing defeat and hopefully a wake up call.

[Caro]

I certainly can't defend him this time for being unlucky with the draw. Embarrassing defeat and hopefully a wake up call.
Ouch ... harsh but probably fair. He did have match points and was a double break ahead. I guess it happen to the best but when it's a player ranked a lot lower, those kind of losses should be few and far between. Poor Kyle :sad:

[roytennisfan]

Is Kyle injured, does anyone know why he withdrew from Madrid?

[Nessie]

Is Kyle injured, does anyone know why he withdrew from Madrid?

I was wondering where he was too.
He played last week didn't he?

[themass15]

Not sure why he is not playing, unless he has just decided to have a week away from the courts.

[Bardot]

Kyle has made the main draw in Rome after Steve Johnson withdrew. His father (who is a tennis coach running his own academy) died suddenly on Wednesday.

[goldfish]

That is really sad. Best wishes to Steve Johnson & family.

[roytennisfan]

Kyle faces a tricky r1 match v Sousa this afternoon, possibly 2.30 or a little later, a sort of one he really needs to start winning. Cmon Kyle, we're rooting for you!

[Jan]

Kyle is up an early break 3-0*

[Jane]

5 - 2

[Jan]

6-3 :clap:

[exislander]

Good first set Kyle! Keep it going now.

[Jan]

Ooh Kyle has broken - I missed it as I'm flitting between the living room and cooking in the kitchen!
Serving for the match - come on Kyle!

[Jane]

Kyle wins - 6 - 3. 6 - 4. Well done!!! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

[cazza99]

Well done Kyle :clap:

[Jan]

:boogie::boogie::boogie:

[exislander]

Yessss! well done Kyle!

[patlowe]

Bravo Kyle! Kyle played a good match...powerful, solid, steady and confident tennis. Keep it up Kyle! Demi or Delpo for him next. Must say I'm looking forward to that one! (The Demi/Delpo match)

[Bardot]

Kyle & Sousa played doubles together in Estoril and are planning to play at the French Open, Queens and Wimbledon.

[roytennisfan]

A good win for Kyle, hope he can make it interesting next round, retains gb #2

[anor]

Well played Kyle!

[Linda]

:thumbup:

[Alis]

:dance::dance::dance:

[lynne]

Great result!!:thumbup:

[sir coolerking]

A good win for Kyle, hope he can make it interesting next round, retains gb #2

In the ATP Evans Rankings he never lost it!!

[Jan]

It's DelPo next for Kyle.

[JAMES4578]

Looks like it was fairly impressive from Kyle, hopefully can play well against Delpo.

[patlowe]

Kyle vs Delpo...battle of the forehands. Should be interesting.

[Jan]

Kyle and delPo on serve 3-2*

[Pam]

Kyle doing well so far On serve 3-2

[Jan]

Now *3-5
Come on!

[Pam]

Kyle breaks back for 5-5

[roytennisfan]

Cmon Kyle...believe you can win

[Jan]

Delpo takes it 7-5
Come on Kyle - not a lot in it really!

[roytennisfan]

Disappointing Kyle was broken again straight after levelling, Cmon Kyle, hold those serves

[roytennisfan]

Kyle broken 2-3

[Jan]

:sad:

[Jan]

Now 2-5* :sad:

[Jan]

Kyle gets one of the breaks back
*3-5

[Jan]

And a love hold makes it 4-5*

[Jan]

Not to be.
Delpo wins 7-5 6-4.

[roytennisfan]

6-4 got one break back but it's all about consistency

[patlowe]

Sorry I had to miss this match. Will try and watch some of it later. Scoreline looks as if Kyle managed to stay with Delpo for the most part?

[Jan]

Kyle is in qualies (seeded 1) in an ATP tournament in France.
He's won his first match and plays Tennys Sandgren in the FQR.

[Jan]

Kyle won 3 &4.
He plays Thiago Monteiro (98) in R1.

[Jan]

Kyle vs Monteiro has just started.
:GBflag:

[Jan]

Not a good start.
Kyle is 1-4* down.

[Jan]

Loses first set 6-2
Come on Kyle!

[exislander]

Started the second a little better - on serve at 2-1

[exislander]

4-2 Kyle!

[Jan]

Now with a break *4-2

[Jan]

Ho hum
Kyle broken when serving for the set.
5-4*
Just have to break again please.

[Jan]

And he did!!
Second set to Kyle 6-4 :clap:
Go Kyle!!

[exislander]

And he breaks!

[Jan]

3-0* in the decider

[exislander]

5-0 - you got this Kyle!

[Jan]

Surely...

[Jan]

6-1 :yahoo::yahoo:

[anor]

Well done Kyle! :clap: :clap:

[exislander]

Kyle has broken Simon to go 3-1

[exislander]

First set to Kyle 6-3!

[Jan]

:clap::clap:

[exislander]

Simon takes the second 7-5 with 2 breaks to 1

[Jan]

Rats
Come on Kyle!

[Jane]

4 - 4 in the third - this is quite a long match - come on Kyle

[Jan]

:nailbiter:

[Jan]

:sad:

[Jane]

Sadly, Kyle lost 4 - 6 in the third

[Alis]

Oh dear! He had break points too.

[themass15]

Those are the sort of matches that Kyle should win.

[karanga]

:sad:

[exislander]

This was really a very close match and Kyle won more points overall, 112-106. He did break serve in every set but in the end the difference was that Simon was able to save slightly more break points than Kyle.

[glenys]

Oooft Kyle! so so close

[Stell]

He plays Elias in the first round at the French Open.

[Stell]

Kyle and Elias now warming up.

[Stell]

Kyle to serve first.

[Stell]

1 - 0.

[Stell]

3 - 0.

[roytennisfan]

Cmon Kyle, close out this set now 5-1 becomes 5-3

[Stell]

Kyle wins the first set 6 - 3.

[Jane]

Good lad :dance:

[Stell]

Kyle breaks to make it 2 - 1.

[Stell]

3 - 1.

[roytennisfan]

0-1 to 3-1 Go Kyle

[Stell]

4 - 1.

[Stell]

5 - 1.

[Stell]

6 - 2.

[roytennisfan]

Cmon Kyle 0-2

[Stell]

0 - 3.

[Stell]

1 - 3.

[Stell]

2 - 3.

[Stell]

3 - 3.

[Stell]

3 - 4.

[Stell]

4 - 5.

[Stell]

5 - 5.

[Stell]

Kyle breaks.

[Jane]

Kyle gets the win - very well done :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

[Stell]

He wins 7 - 5.

[lynne]

Well Done Kyle!!:thumbup:

[JAMES4578]

Seemed Kyle was pretty comfortable for the most part,well done!

[Alis]

Well played, Kyle!!:dance::dance::dance:

[roytennisfan]

Well done Kyle, some top class forehands, should face Tsonga next....Tsonga dropped his opening set but still odds-on to win of course

[Stell]

Third on, on court 6 tomorrow.

[Stell]

Kyle and Olivo now warming up.

[Stell]

Kyle serves first, but Olivo breaks.

[Stell]

Kyle breaks back.

[Stell]

2 - 3.

[Stell]

3 - 3.

[Stell]

Kyle one game away from the first set.

[Stell]

Olivo breaks to make it 4 - 5.

[Stell]

5 - 5.

[Caro]

YES! First set to Kyle