Tuesday 24 October 2017 20:52, UK
Britain's Kyle Edmund showed a growing maturity on court as he defeated veteran Spaniard David Ferrer in straight sets to reach the second round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna.
Edmund, 22, beat former world No 3 and French Open finalist Ferrer 6-2 7-6 (7-5), sealing progress to the last 16 by clinching his second match point in a hard-fought tie-break.
World No 63 Edmund broke the 35-year-old Spaniard, currently 29 in the ATP rankings, in his opening two service games to open up a 3-0 lead in the first set and held his own throughout to take it in 45 minutes.
Ferrer was broken twice more in the second set, but on each occasion hit straight back to take the Briton's serve and level it up to ensure a tie-break.
Edmund opened up a 5-2 lead in the tie-break and although Ferrer fended off his first match point, the British No 3 sealed victory at the second attempt with another mini break.
Next up for Edmund is a last-16 clash against world No 284 Dennis Novak after the Austrian beat Italian Thomas Fabbiano 7-6 (7-4) 7-5.
Home favourite and second seed Dominic Thiem made a winning start to his campaign when he defeated Andrey Rublev from Russia 6-4 6-3.
Sam Querrey and Kevin Anderson's hopes of qualifying for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals were dealt a huge blow as they suffered early exits.
Sixth seeded Querrey was beaten 3-6 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-3) by Albert Ramos-Vinolas while South African Anderson went down 6-4 6-4 to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Frenchman Lucas Pouille came through without too much trouble against local hope Sebastian Ofner 6-3 6-4.
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