Kyle Edmund

:crying::crying:

Well that was embarrassing:-(

:sad: :facepalm:

Suppose at least he held to get to the tiebreak, but this match sums up why Kyle hasn't progressed from 40ish to 20ish this year, which he really has the talent to achieve!

yup, rather pathetic/puzzling/worrying take your pick, wonder how long his recent sponsorship deal will last

Kyle is still only 22 and one of only half a dozen players around his age in the top 50 so I think he is doing ok. He is not another Andy Murray and we may never see one of those again!

Kyle let that one slip through his hands

Argh!!! I thought it was safe to leave when Kyle was 4-1 up in the third.
He had several chances to make it 5-0 before Sock finally held that 5th game!
He should NOT have lost the match - silly boy!
I did think he was tiring though, serve which had been very good was becoming laboured.

The first set was really tight but Kyle seemed to be more up for it than Jack and played well to engineer the single break for 6'4. Sock took a tumble midway thru the first set, slight graze on his knee but he carried on.

In the 2nd set he initially seemed disinterested and got a warning for swearing when he failed to break Kyle. However, Kyle lost his way in the tie-breaker and I thought he might fold quickly in the 3rd set.

In the 3rd Kyle just played calmly on whilst Sock became ever more brattish including a racquet smash after being broken for the 2nd time in the set. Given he did the racquet in at his seat, and under the umpire's nose, I thought he deserved another warning.

He may have jarred his back when he fell in set 1 which prompted the trainer call (just as I was leaving) but at that point anyway he didn't look interested in winning the match.

So, whatever he found to turn the match around, I reckon he deserved the win.
Kyle had it on his racquet and couldn't see it through.
His team has much work to do, and to work with. If they go for it he could get into top 25 next year.
He hit some stunning winners during the match and has ended the year well.

See Kyle Edmumd now resident in the Bahamas. Whatever for? Ah .. a tax haven.

I really hope Andy never does anything like that.

Disappointed to hear that.