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Dream over for Edmund

Image: Kyle Edmund: won the opening set in a hurry and without dropping a game

British teenager Kyle Edmund was knocked out in the second round of Wimbledon qualifying by Uruguayan Marcel Felder.

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Kyle Edmund's hopes of making the main draw at Wimbledon were dashed when the British teenager was knocked out in the second round of qualifying by Marcel Felder. Edmund caused a huge shock on Monday when he upset Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver - a player ranked 1168 places above him and seeded 12th. It seemed the 17-year-old was on course for another triumph against Felder when he won the opening set in a hurry and without dropping a game. However, his Uruguayan opponent, ranked 276, battled back to win 0-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 and progress through to the next round in Roehampton.

Tumbled out

Another Briton Chris Eaton also tumbled out after a hard-fought encounter with top seed Jurgen Zopp, the Estonian winning 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (8-6). Zopp was full of praise for his opponent, telling www.wimbledon.com: "It was really close and could have gone either way, it was a matter of a few points in the tie break and that was it so I am really happy that I managed to win those two tie breaks. "He plays completely different style than any other player here. He plays serve and volley and he doesn't give you any rhythm. "I think he played a great match. I didn't play bad but he served unbelievably well. I don't know how many aces he hit and a great first volley. It's always tough to play these kinds of players." American Brian Baker, who recently returned to the tour after six years out because of injuries, made it through to the third round with a 6-2 6-4 win over German Denis Gremelmayr. In the women's event, wild card Lisa Whybourn won her first round match against Sarah Gronert of Germany 6-1 4-6 6-4 but fellow Brits Jade Windley, Katy Dunne, Anna Fitzpatrick, Melanie South and Tara Moore were all beaten.