Australian Open 2016: Kyle Edmund limps out in Melbourne

Kyle Edmund suffered more problems with cramp as he crashed out in the opening round of the Australian Open in five sets.

Edmund battled into a 2-1 lead despite being treated for the problem in the third set, but his game disintegrated in the final two sets as he tumbled out 1-6 7-6 4-6 6-3 6-1 to Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur.

The British No 3 suffered a similar issue in the Davis Cup final against David Goffin, when he led the Belgian by two sets before crumbling in the heat and humidity.

Edmund was supreme in the opening set but Dzumhur rallied in the second to level, and the Briton first called for treatment when 4-3 up in the third.

He managed to serve out the set to claim the advantage once more, but he was in obvious pain and the rest of the match was all Dzumhur with Edmund simply unable to respond in rallies that went more than a handful of strokes.

"I'm disappointed with it obviously because it's not my tennis that's let me down because my tennis is good enough to do it, it's my body that's let me down," Edmund said.

"You can't play full out because you lose confidence in your movement and when you do move you start to cramp up again.

"It was the same situation I felt in Davis Cup where I couldn't do anything. To beat these guys you have to be 100 per cent. You can't play with your body cramping. It's frustrating.

"I probably need to play more five-set matches but you can only play them when they come round.

"Hitting with Andy [Murray] for three hours, to cope you need to be in pretty decent nick and I can do that, day in day out. So it shouldn't be a reason why I'm cramping, but I am."