Kyle Edmund not getting carried away despite French Open form
Friday 2 June 2017 13:24, UK
Kyle Edmund is refusing to get carried away despite drawing praise after he cruised into the third round of the French Open.
Edmund has been the most impressive British player at Roland Garros so far and maintained his record of not having dropped a set with a 7-5 6-3 6-1 victory over Argentina's Renzo Olivo.
The 22-year-old's performance drew praise from Jim Courier, with the four-time Grand Slam champion touting Edmund as a future top-10 player while working as a commentator.
"It's nice to hear someone like Jim say that comment," said Edmund. "He's been around the game a long time, is (USA) Davis Cup captain, so I respect him a lot.
"People have thrown different numbers around, and it's nice to hear that stuff. But that's down to me to do that and to put the work in. It doesn't just happen overnight to get top 10. It has to come from winning matches and beating good players.
"So I know that I'm not going to get too ahead of myself. I have to keep going about my process and I want to get to the top of the game one day. I know what needs to be done."
Edmund, ranked 49, drew similar praise from Rafael Nadal after becoming the first of only three players to take a set off the Spaniard during the clay-court season so far.
At times Nadal was helpless to deal with Edmund's huge forehand when they met in Monte Carlo in April, and it was certainly far too good for Olivo.
The Argentinian caused one of the shocks of the first round by beating French favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga but was outplayed by Edmund.
The Yorkshireman next takes on South Africa's Kevin Anderson, who knocked out Nick Kyrgios on Thursday.
Edmund said: "It was a good match today. It felt good. I felt in control of my game. I did what I wanted to do for the most part of the match.
"He had a good win in the last round and maybe because he's had to play a few days in a row he might have been a bit tired, but that's not my problem.
"I have got to go and do my job. Play the person that's in front of me. And he beat a good player in Tsonga, so I knew I had to be on it.
"And it went really well today under hot conditions, so the ball was really flying about. But I think it really suited me."
Edmund is through to the third round at Roland Garros for the first time after twice losing in round two and will now look to match his run at last year's US Open, when he defeated Richard Gasquet and John Isner before losing to Novak Djokovic in the fourth round.
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