Kyle Edmund beats Peter Gojowczyk to reach China Open second round
Monday 1 October 2018 12:35, UK
Kyle Edmund fought back from a set down to reach the second round of the China Open after beating Germany's Peter Gojowczyk 3-6 6-1 6-2.
British No 1 Edmund recovered from a slow start to win in 91 minutes and set up a match with either Italian Matteo Berrettini or Argentine Leonardo Mayer.
Edmund, who has been blighted by illness in recent months, fell 3-0 down in the opening set and while he managed to get the match back on serve at 3-2, he was broken again by Gojowczyk to lose the opening set 6-3.
But Edmund found his feet in the match in the second set, breaking his opponent three times to take it 6-1 and force a decider.
The first three games of the deciding set went with serve and Edmund was then forced to save a break point in the fourth game to hold.
The 23-year-old fifth seed then got a decisive break in the next game and broke Gojowczyk once more to seal his place in the next round.
The British No 1 overcame a slow start, after he lost the first set 3-6. However, he found his feet in the match after losing the first three games, bouncing back to impressively win the second set 6-1.
