Foot problems hamper Kyle Edmund as he crashes out in straight sets

ByKevin Coulson

Updated 19/01/2017 at 08:33 GMT

Kyle Edmund’s crashed out of the Australian Open to Pablo Carreno Busta in a chastening experience for the young Briton in round two.

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The 22-year-old, who is now ranked 46 in the world, seemed to struggle with a foot injury, calling for the trainer at 5-2 in the first set, and ended up going down 6-2 6-4 6-2.

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He looked off the pace throughout and could not up his game for the big moments against the 30th seed.

Losing in just and hour and 46 minutes, Edmund made far too may unforced errors to and could not match the 30th seed's serve in terms of power and accuracy.

Busta will play either Novak Djokovic or Denis Istomin.

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