Kyle Edmund beaten by Alexander Zverev in China

ByPA Sport

Published 03/10/2017 at 16:54 GMT

Kyle Edmund was beaten by second seed Alexander Zverev in the first round of the China Open in Beijing.

Kyle Edmund was beaten by Alexander Zverev in Beijing

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The British number two was outplayed in the first set but put up a good fight in the second and served to take the match to a decider at 5-4.

However, he played a poor game and, after saving two match points to force a tie-break, slipped to a 6-3 7-6 (7/3) defeat.

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