Kyle Edmund books Novak Djokovic meeting with Miami win
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ByEurosport
Updated 24/03/2016 at 05:48 GMT
British youngster Kyle Edmund will face world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Miami Open, after he defeated Jiri Vesely in three sets in Wednesday's first round match.
Kyle Edmund of Great Britain celebrates a point
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Edmund, 21, needed four match points to finally defeat Czech opponent Vesely - eventually clinching a 6-4 5-7 7-6(6) victory that required two-and-a-half hours to complete.
That means he will now face Djokovic on Friday, as the Serbian gets his tournament underway.
"Very happy to come through that," Edmund told Sky Sports.
"Last week I made a lot of errors, especially in the areas I needed to be tough ... as the match went on today I was pleased that in the tough moments I was a lot tougher."
On the prospect of facing Djokovic, Edmund said he was looking forward to the task.
"It will be a huge honour for me to play the world No. 1," Edmund added. "He is the guy to beat at the moment, he is playing at such a high level.
"I watch him, watch his games a lot and learn from him ... it will be tough but more importantly it will be a great opportunity to see where my game is at."
Elsewhere on Wednesday there were victories for promising German teenager Alexander Zverev (over Michael Mmoh) and Inigo Cervantes, who had too much power for wild card entrant Andrey Rublev.
Results from the Miami Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Wednesday
Vasek Pospisil (Canada) beat Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) 2-6 6-3 7-6(4)
Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) beat Jared Donaldson (US) 6-3 6-4
Albert Ramos (Spain) beat Alejandro Gonzalez (Colombia) 5-7 6-2 7-6(3)
Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) beat Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) 6-4 6-2
Marcel Granollers (Spain) beat Bjorn Fratangelo (US) 6-3 7-5
Samuel Groth (Australia) beat Victor Estrella (Dominican Republic) 6-3 6-2
Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) 7-6(2) 6-3
Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) beat Dennis Novikov (US) 6-1 7-6(5)
Lucas Pouille (France) beat Teymuraz Gabashvili (Russia) 7-5 6-3
Kyle Edmund (Britain) beat Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) 6-4 5-7 7-6(6)
Alexander Zverev (Germany) beat Michael Mmoh (US) 7-6(3) 7-6(4)
Rajeev Ram (US) beat Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) 7-5 7-6(7)
Inigo Cervantes (Spain) beat Andrey Rublev (Russia) 6-4 6-2
Taylor Harry Fritz (US) beat Simone Bolelli 6-4 6-2
Juan-Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat Guido Pella (Argentina) 6-0 7(7)-6(4)
Taylor Harry Fritz (US) beat Simone Bolelli 6-4 6-2
Juan-Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat Guido Pella (Argentina) 6-0 7(7)-6(4)
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