Britain’s Kyle Edmund stunned third seed Grigor Dimitrov to reach his first Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n
Edmund was playing in the last eight of a major for the first time but showed few nerves in a 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 win.<\/p>\n
The world number 49 becomes only the sixth British man to reach the last four at a Grand Slam in the Open era.<\/p>\n
He will play top seed Rafael Nadal or sixth seed Marin Cilic on Thursday for a place in the final.<\/p>\n
Andy Murray, Greg Rusedski, John Lloyd, Roger Taylor and Tim Henman – who was watching from the front row on Rod Laver Arena – are the only other British men to have reached Grand Slam singles semi-finals since tennis turned professional in 1968.<\/p>\n
Edmund has long looked the most likely to join that list, but few would have predicted it would happen at this year’s Australian Open.<\/p>\n
Ranked 49th and without an ATP final to his name, let alone a title, logic suggested there were several more steps to make before becoming a major contender.<\/p>\n
However, the Yorkshireman’s huge forehand is already one of the biggest shots in the game, and marked an improvement on serve and return in the off-season appear to have fast-tracked him.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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