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US Open 2015: Kyle Edmund among four Brits a win away from main draw

Kyle Edmund celebrates his first-round win at the French Open
Image: Kyle Edmund is one match away from being the US Open main draw

Britain could have four more players in the US Open main draw on Monday after Kyle Edmund, Brydan Klein, Johanna Konta and Naomi Broady moved one step closer to qualification.

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The quartet all came through their second round qualifying matches on Thursday and are now one win away from entering round one at Flushing Meadows.

Edmund is bidding to play his fourth consecutive major tournament and the 20-year-old had little trouble in beating Argentinian Guido Andreozzi 6-3 6-4.

Joining him in round three of qualifying is Klein, who cruised to a 6-3 6-2 win over France's Tristan Lamasine, while in the women's draw Konta overcame Japan's Naomi Osaka 6-4 6-4 and Broady beat China's Ying-Ying Duan 6-4 7-6 (7/2).

Naomi Broady
Image: Naomi Broady beat China's Ying-Ying Duan in straight sets on Thursday

It means Edmund will now play Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka on Friday and Klein faces Australian Matt Ebden.

Konta is up against Austrian Tamira Paszek for a place in the first round while standing in Broady's way is Estonia's Anett Kontaveit.

The prospective qualifiers are hoping to join the five British players already in the US Open main draw.

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They are world No 3 Andy Murray, who will meet Australia's Nick Kyrgios in the first round, Aljaz Bedene, James Ward, Heather Watson and Laura Robson.

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