Kyle Edmund's US Open preparation suffers another setback as he loses Cincinnati Masters opener

Struggle: Kyle Edmund on his way to defeat against Portugal’s Joao Sousa
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Marco Giacomelli15 August 2017

Kyle Edmund’s tough build-up towards the US Open continued as he was beaten by Portugal’s Joao Sousa in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters.

The British No2 recovered from a poor first set to level matters against the world No54 but ultimately fell to a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 defeat.

It was a further disappointment for the 22-year-old, who was also beaten in his opening match by David Ferrer in the Canadian Masters in Montreal last week.

Edmund had made an encouraging start to his hard-court season, reaching the semi-finals in Atlanta and taking a set off Grigor Dimitrov at the Citi Open in Washington.

But Sousa proved too strong, breaking twice in the first set, then again immediately at the start of the third, which proved enough to consign Edmund to another defeat.

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