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KYLE EDMUND WINS THROUGH

4th June 2012, 04:48pm

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Kyle Edmund: Reached the third round

Kyle Edmund: Reached the third round

Great Britain's Kyle Edmund is through to the third round of the boys' singles at the French Open after a 7-6 (7/5) 6-3 victory over France's Maxime Tchoutakian.

The 17-year-old, from Beverley in East Yorkshire, is very highly thought of and he showed good composure to fight back from 5-3 down in the first set tie-break.

Edmund then won the first three games of the second set and, after being pegged back to 3-3, did the same again to clinch victory and a place in the last 16, where he will play second seed Gianluigi Quinzi of Italy.

Third seed Liam Broady, from Stockport, was also successful in the first round, last year's Junior Wimbledon finalist scrapping hard to beat Egypt's Karim Hossam 6-4 7-5.

But Luke Bambridge's tournament was ended in the second round when he went down 6-0 6-4 to top seed Luke Saville of Australia.

The fourth British entrant, Josh Ward-Hibbert, lost in the first round on Sunday but had the considerable consolation of practising with Rafael Nadal on Monday.

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