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Stan ends Edmund’s Shanghai run
- Updated: October 12, 2016
Kyle Edmund’s hopes of taking a major scalp at the Shanghai Masters were firmly put in check by reigning US Open champion and third seed Stan Wawrinka.
The 21-year-old, who booked his place in the second round with a hard-fought three-set win over Argentina’s Federico Delbonis on Monday, went down 6-3 6-4.
Britain’s Edmund reached the quarter-finals of the China Open last week where he was beaten by compatriot Andy Murray, and rose into the world’s top 50 as a result, but had to settle for words of praise from his conqueror as his day’s reward following defeat.
Wawrinka, who upset world No 1 Novak Djokovic at Flushing Meadows to win his third Grand Slam title, claimed the only break of the opening set in the eighth game, and then looked set to …
