Edmund's ranking should rise significantly after the tournament

Tennis youngster Kyle Edmund from Tickton near Hull has reached the quarter-finals of the Yucatan World Cup in Mexico.

The 15-year-old Yorkshire player beat 12th seen Robert Kern of Germany 7-5, 7-5 to set up a meeting with Austria's Dennis Novak.

Great Britain Junior Tennis manager Martin Weston said: "Kyle played superbly again. A mature performance."

He will be joined in the last eight by fellow Briton George Morgan.

Bolton-based Morgan thrashed 10th seed Nikola Milojevic of Serbia 6-1, 6-2 to progress in the competition where he will play Dominic Thiem of Austria.

Home favourite Luis Patino had the better of the match with British number one Oli Golding, from Richmond-on-Thames, by dominating their encounter 6-0, 6-3.

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