Day 7 Highlights Australian Open Tennis

This performance from Kyle Edmund is

suggesting big things.

This performance from Kyle Edmund is

suggesting big things.

Carl Edmund,

his progression continues...

What a

talent -- Kyle Edmund.

It's a big

win for Kyle Edmund.

And what a first set this young

man...

A player or where going to be

following for the future, no doubt

about that. A player we are to be

following.

Kyle Edmund does it for

Britain.

He has found a way to win, which is

what it's all about.

And this young man has really

stepped up.

STUDIO: Kyle Edmund making his mark

on this tournament, he has had some

STUDIO: Kyle Edmund making his mark

on this tournament, he has had some

huge wins on the weight to the

fourth round, bust up he beat 11th

seed and US Open finalist Kevin

Anderson in five sets, twice coming

back from a set down. Then came

Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, who

caused a huge upset at Melbourne

Park last year, beating Novak

Djokovic. But Edmund dealt with him

in straight sets. Then came a ruling

duel with Nikoloz Basilashvili from

Georgia, a mammoth five set match in

temperatures which rose over 40

degrees. Edmonds said, it's a

professional sport, it's meant to

hurt, it's not meant to be easy. His

Davis Cup team-mate is frustratingly

watching from home as he recovers

from hip surgery. He tweeted after

the third win,...

Jamie Murray was knocked out in the

second round of the doubles

yesterday and said, so happy for

Kyle Edmund, what a fighter. Kyle

Edmund has some pretty big

cheerleaders and I think they will

be glued to

cheerleaders and I think they will

be glued to this as he takes an

Andreas Seppi in the fourth round.

Seppi has never been further than

the fourth round of a Grand Slam but

has made it this far six times

previously, Domagoj Vida C.

He did not have to deal with the

scorching heat in the way that

Edmund did. Well Seppi has the

experience, Edmund is favourite to

win. At the age of 23 he is starting

out in his career, add ten years

older Seppi is coming to the end of

his. In his 15 years on the tour,

the Italian has picked up three

titles, Edmund non-so far. The last

ten Kyle Edmund was in the forefront

of a Grand Slam was at the 2016 US

Open, where he was beaten by Novak

Djokovic. -- the last time Kyle

Edmund was in the fourth round. His

fitness will play a huge part, his

ability to recover from the five

setter in the third round in the

scorching heat two days ago.

These two have met only once, when

Adnan came out on top in the

quarterfinals of the

quarterfinals of the 2016 European

in Antwerp, a relatively unknown

opponent for Edmund but both hoping

to make it to the quarterfinals of a

Grand Slam for the first time.

It is on serve as 3-4, with Edmund

to serve.

COMMENTATOR: Seppi looking at that

sideline.

Hit an old ball, I think.

One fall was very close, but he did

not dare to challenge. Very good in

the rally until this forehand.

That was a bit better. I

acknowledged by Edmund. --

acknowledged by.

I am pretty certain that Libby

Conroy will be a star attraction at

the Australian Country Music Awards.

You would be right at home.

I could

live here, Gary. I love this

country. The only thing is, it is so

far away from the rest of the world.

What is your problem?! We reckon

that is the best part about it.

That

is quite true. Quite far away from

my mother-in-law!

Knowing her big the Dutch are on

family, she would probably come with

you. -- knowing how big.

Oh! What a return!

That gets them to

break points. I don't want to take

any credit, but I think he shanked

it a little bit and has this extra

angle to it. All of a sudden, while

the games were going smoothly for

both players, it is a break point to

be Italian. -- to the Italian.

Full marks, Edmund. Kept the ball

deep. Great patience.

deep. Great patience.

He's hit

through it very well. He kind of got

Seppi off-guard a little bit. Seppi

a little late with his preparation.

He was already hitting ten or 15

balls very solidly.

He is starting to find his rhythm,

isn't he?

isn't he?

It is dangerous with

Seppi, once he finds it, the

precision with which he hit the

ground strokes, he can carve up his

opponents very quickly. All very

slowly, based on his last two

matches.

Could try to run around and do

something extra with the return, but

it cost him dearly. He will slowly

dissect you. If you start picking

your serve, you need to hit more

second shots. That is what he tries

to do. Not the same style, but like

he did against seraph, for example,

the other day. -- like he did

against Zverev.

He is going to challenge. It is out,

all right.

all right. No greater cause of self

implosion for a player on the tennis

court than frustration. It is out,

clearly. You get frustrated, it

plays with your head, your game goes

off. It is self-fulfilling after

that.

Some good service, he is mixing it

well from the outset, especially the

first serve. Although Seppi was

there, it was just too big, 198, his

biggest serve of the match.

Forces break point.

He shakes out of disbelief, but he

never shows that his opponent. He

never shows it on the other side of

the net.

Fourth ace for Edmund.

Oh, dear!

Self-imposed pressure here now from

Edmund with that double fault. Back

to deuce.

Fifth chance for Seppi.

Once again, going out wide, but it

is so good, so well struck.

Two in a row. A bit of a mixed bag

on serve as he battles to stave off

the brake.

the brake. -- break. Which he does.

An unreturnable serve. That is an

effort. Well done.

effort. Well done. STUDIO: A

gruelling set of tennis continued to

go with serve and a 5-6, Edmund

called for a medical time-out to

receive treatment on his shoulder.

Despite this, the Brit took the

opening set to tie-break, where we

pick up the action.

COMMENTATOR: Found it.

A big serve, short reply.

You can clearly see that Edmund

wants to finish the rallies as

quickly as he can. He is trying to T

off, hitting the ball at least ten

or 15 Ks harder in the rally.

Seppi having to rely on second

serve. But it stands him in good

stead.

The depth on the second serve was

fantastic. It was only 145 kph.

Changing ends, gains on serve in the

tie-break, first set. Edmund hitting

hard. One medical time-out for the

right shoulder. Seems to be serving

and hitting beforehand without ill

effect at the moment. -- hitting the

forehand.

Shadow over three quarters of the

court now. Edmund serving out of the

shade, into the sunshine.

CROWD: Come on, Kyle!

COMMENTATOR:

He is going for it a

little bit too much. Three shots

where he wants to go down the line

coming he is a little off and misses

it by ten and 15 centimetres. Then

the pressure is really on. But it

has been on for the entire set. Kyle

Edmund is dealt with it very well.

Seppi finally got to the point where

he thinks that he is going to go out

wide, most likely. Stood there,

waited for a long time and then

threw his body weight out wide to

try to get to return.

Set point of

the Italian player.

Unerring accuracy off the ground

from Andreas Seppi clinches the

first set in the tie-breaker over

Kyle Edmund, 7-4, the tie-break

score. STUDIO: Seppi takes the

opening set, and his good form

continued as he went up an early

break in the second. We rejoin with

the Italian serving at 1-2.

COMMENTATOR:

Edmund was the clear

favourite going into this match. Now

it has swapped. A set and a break

and new balls to play with.

The

predictor has swung Seppi's way at

the medical time-out for Edmund.

And the swing in Seppi's favour was

even more marked when he closed out

the first set.

Once again, 0-30. Two games in a

row.

From this perspective, it would be

so big to break back straightaway.

Seppi came off second best in that

extended baseline exchange.

Three break back chances for Edmund.

Two saved.

Our late match at Melbourne Park

will be the night-time encounter on

Rod Laver arena between Grigor

Dimitrov and Australia's Nick

Kyrgios.

The winner of that will meet the

winner of this in the quarterfinals.

Oh! Can you believe it?! It was

first for the taking.

-- it was there for the taking.

What

unbelievable running Seppi did. To

throw up such a controlled lob so

deep in the court. It is only the

second or third time we have seen a

smash coming from the baseline from

Edmund, which he just completely

misses.

Oh, he has missed! The forehand,

just wide.

Fourth chance for Edmund.

Breaks back. Sounds like a song

title. Two games all in the second.

STUDIO: The second set continued on

serve, we jump ahead to the latter

stages. COMMENTATOR:

I told you

earlier this week that I played a

match in 95, they cracked and you

knew egg on the floor to show how

hot it was. It was the biggest fried

egg I have ever seen in my life.

The ball kids have to run, now and

then, otherwise their feet would get

stuck to the surface.

Greats.

If you have a chance, look at where

the ball kids are standing, close to

the net or in the back. They are

standing on square patches. It is

not without a reason.

A stinging return from a 133 kph

second serve. 0-30. Two points away

from the set, potentially, for

Edmund.

He was their committee had the

racket against the ball. -- he was

there, he had the racket against the

ball.

That was a gutsy second serve.

It

landed right on the line.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Solid at the net, Edmund.

Set point for him.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

He yells like, fantastic, yes!

It's so fanatic when you play in

Italy against a Frittelli -- and

Italian. Oh, they help their

countrymen.

APPLAUSE

Centre Court at the Italian Open,

it's a bit like a pulpit! -- a ball

hit. Second set point. Edmund.

Oh... Edmund takes the second serve,

7-5, it's one set all.

UMPIRE:

Third set, Edmund to serve.

Third set, here we go.

A bit heavy on the approach.

You

feel that also Seppi was a bit more

aggressive on the baseline in the

first set, paired to the second set.

It felt like his shots were a little

harder, a bit more pressing --

compared to the second set.

Is

Edmund was fuelling the shoulder at

that point, he wasn't quite hitting

with the same power and depth as he

is now.

For a man in the Australian

vernacular with a crook shoulder, I

think he's not doing too badly, only

two double faults, has missed a

couple of forehands here. He seems

to be travelling pretty well.

Oh... Just out!

It's the third time

he doesn't put a smash away.

APPLAUSE

The danger for Seppi here, as it was

in the previous set with the break

of serve each way, Edmund is serving

first. And serving the way he is she

might be a hard man for Seppi to

break in this third set.

Second serve ace, 168 K, straight

down the tea, seals the opening game

of the third set for Edmund.

Nice swing back, still a slight,

slight advantage to Seppi to win

this match. Which was actually

funny, because we still think

Edmund, you know, was the favourite

before the match at one set all. He

is at 1-0. Why would it be closer

than before?

That's unpredictable.

The bottom line is, as far as that

was concerned, you are arguing with

a computer on this, there's no

future in that.

Well, it's the computer together I

think with very smart people who set

the odds for people who obviously

want to bet on tennis, just like any

other sport.

I think also, the thing is, you

don't mind putting in a bet here and

there. First its horse racing, then

it's soccer. On a worldwide level...

I think these are the top three

sports that are being betted on.

On

a worldwide level, yes.

Good tennis. I feel that Seppi is

just not strong enough from the

baseline. I really feel that in the

first set he was hitting the ball a

little bit harder, and also a little

bit deeper. We were right in the

corner every time. And at this

moment it's more Edmund who has the

power.

Seppi more on the back foot.

15-40.

CHEERING

Second serve return catches the line

and gives the break to Edmund.

Edmund had the best of five matches.

Obviously the last one to Seppi.

Maybe this is something between the

23-year-old and the 33-year-old.

A

ten year age difference, yes.

It has

also been tough for Seppi to play

like this. This kid, the

23-year-old, they have plenty of

energy in the tank. They are just

throwing with it.

Well, Seppi

certainly had the tougher of the

five set matches, and they were

back-to-back matches.

UMPIRE:

Mr Seppi is challenging the

call on the right service line. The

ball is called in.

He played Yuichi

Sugita of Japan in the second round.

And then Ivo Karlovic in the third

round. 12-10 in the fifth against

Sugita, 9-7 in the fifth against

Karlovic.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

STUDIO: After a rocky start, Edmund

in control of the match. Could he

see the third set out? We picked up

the action at 5-2 with the Italian

serving.

Five shots ready. Return back. Is it

there? Edmund has a full swing on

the next.

APPLAUSE

Dave Grohl the only thing you can do

against this is sit deep -- the only

thing that you can do.

And that's

what Seppi did. His wife, Michaela.

And his coach.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Just like that. A couple of break

points. Easily dealt with by Edmund.

6-2, he leads to- one. -- he leads

by 2-1.

STUDIO: Cole Edmund now just one set

away from a first Grand Slam

quarterfinal -- Kyle Edmund. The

opening exchanges of the fourth set

went with serve. We rejoin the match

at 4-3.

COMMENTATOR: No, no, note... The

right idea.

right idea. Three or four

centimetres wide.

A great shot from

Kyle, completely out of position.

His back towards the net. He saw

from the corner of his eyes that

Seppi was making his move.

And the heavy forehand brings the

error from Seppi. It is 0-30 from

the Italian.

Yes, he left that corner open a

little bit too much. He was hoping

to be able to run around and really

tea off an the forehand.

Seppi was

right up on the baseline, too.

Oh, Wow!

Well, you should have

challenged. That ball was right on

the baseline.

That one?

Yes, but

also you can see from this angle

what a great forehand winner it

actually is. He doesn't have much to

work with, but it's the right speed,

the right angle, another two break

points for Kyle Edmund to go up 5-3

to be able to serve for the match.

Their routers again, the wide,

swinging serve, no power on it --

there it is again. Edmund

stretching, just couldn't quite make

the return. Still a break point.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That the break. The 5-3 lead, and

serve to follow for Edmund. The

match is on his racket now.

Look at him, look at the way he's

looking around the court. He's

pumped, he's confident. Trying to

catch his breath. Point by point.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Classic.

25th ace of the match.

Hasn't been able to get inside the

baseline for too many of those.

There's this huge forehand

crosscourt! More than Seppi could

handle. Brings up match for Kyle

Edmund.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Three minutes short of three hours,

Kyle Edmund, after hardly getting a

look in in the first set, although

games went with serve to the

tie-break, Seppi took the break,

7-4. Injury time out in the course

of that set, but 6-5 for a shoulder

for Edmund did wonders, and he's

hardly looked back since then.

First of all, congratulations for

your first-ever Grand Slam

quarterfinal, it must be a great

feeling.

Yes. You, it's good, it's a

good feeling. But, yeah, it was a

really interesting match.

good feeling. But, yeah, it was a

really interesting match. Although

it was quite a close first set, I

didn't feel I got off to the best

start, he was hitting the ball very

clean and dictating a lot of points,

in the second set I had to try and

shift the momentum, but I felt that

once I almost broke him in the last

game and second set, I really took

control and won the match.

It is the

first time in a tournament you have

won 25 set game. You should have

thought, surely not another one!

He

plays very well, he has reached the

fourth round quite a few times. He

has had 25 set matches against Nick

and won a five set match against

Karlovic, he is playing very well.

But so was I. I have won two five

set matches. Through the my first

quarterfinal, I'm very happy.

Now,

tell us, because, you know, proud

nation, we like to put a little bit

of pressure on our players. No Andy

Murray, you have the weight of the

nation on your shoulders, how does

that feel? We know what it's like!

Yes, I get that! But, yeah, I mean

it's more of a shame that Andy's not

here. I keep on saying that, you

know. You play for your nation, but

you are here playing for yourself,

nothing changes in terms of, you

know, your preparations and process.

But hopefully we have more British

here in the future. So, yeah, for me

personally I'm very happy to get

through it and keep doing my best. I

know people at home are waking up at

silly hours of the morning, so I'm

grateful for that.

STUDIO: It is a first Grand Slam

quarterfinal for Kyle Edmund. He

seems to get stronger and stronger

as he closed in on that win,

dropping the first set but finding

the energy in the cooler conditions

to finish it off. His new coach,

Fredrik Rosengren of by the side of

court seemed to give him confidence.

It is a breakthrough victory, 6-7,

7-5, 6-2, 6-3. Edmund will play

world number three Grigor Dimitrov.

He came through a match with many

twists and turns against home

favourite Nick Kyrgios, winning the

first two sets, but Kyrgios produced

explosive tennis to win the third,

Dimitrov eventually coming through

in a fourth set tie-break. Grigor

Dimitrov lies in wait for Kyle

Edmund in the next round. No red

pink and court, given the choices of

kit for both players this year it

will be a feast for the senses I'm

sure -- lurid thing. We will have

highlights of that one on Tuesday

here on BBC Two.

highlights of that one on Tuesday

here on BBC Two. Let's look at the

other fourth-round matches. It took

a four sets for Rafael Nadal to get

past his

a four sets for Rafael Nadal to get

past his good friend, Argentinian

Diego Schwartzman. Nadal dropping

his first set of the tournament but

recovering to power through the last

two. He

two. He will face 2014 US Open

champion Marin Cilic next. Cilic

himself notched up his 100th Grand

Slam matchwinner. The number six

seed beating the tenth seed, Spain's

Pablo Carreno Busta, in the fourth

set. The top half of the draw now

Pablo Carreno Busta, in the fourth

set. The top half of the draw now

looks like this... Rafa Nadal

against Marin Cilic, and Kyle Edmund

with the biggest match of his career

against world number three Grigor

Dimitrov. And these are the

fourth-round matches yet to come.

Fifth seed Dominic Thiem takes on

the appropriately named Tennys

Sandgren of the USA. Six time

champion Novak Djokovic plays the

first South Korean to make it to the

quarterfinals of the Grand Slam. We

will have highlights of that match

for you on BBC Two tomorrow. Fabio

Fognini plays Tomas Berdych, while

Martin Fuksa pitch takes on

defending champion Roger

Martin Fuksa pitch takes on

defending champion Roger Federer.

There is no defending champion in

the women's, Serena Williams sitting

this one out after the birth of her

daughter. In her absence, there is a

chance for somebody else to lift the

trophy. It's a bit of a tough call

it will be.

trophy. It's a bit of a tough call

it will be. In the fourth-round ties

today, Elise Mertens of Belgium beat

the Croatian player in straight

sets. Elina Svitolina, the fourth

seed and a real contender for the

title, came through against Denisa

Allertova of the Czech Republic.

Carla Suarez Navarro beat Estonia's

Anett Kontaveit, a tightly fought

3-set match, but the came through

it. World number two Caroline

Wozniacki, never a Grand Slam

winner, had an easy win over

Magdalena Rybarikova. Tomorrow we

will have the full quarterfinal

line-up taking shape. Djokovic,

Nadal, Federer all in the mix, with

Kyle Edmund rubbing shoulders with

the big through. In the women's

draw, only Angelique Kerber knows

what it feels like to win a Grand

Slam. For any other winner, it would

be a totally new experience. We are

back tomorrow on BBC Two at 4:45pm

with highlights of the fourth-round

match between Novak Djokovic and

young son of South Korea. Could

there be another upset like last

year? If you can't wait until then,

please tune in to BBC Radio five

Live for tennis breakfast, hosted by

Russell Fuller. Plenty more sport to

enjoy across the BBC over the next

couple of days. Swansea city host

Liverpool in the Premier League

tomorrow at 8pm, that is an Radio

five Live and the BBC Sport website.

The final of the Masters snooker

follows this programme on BBC Two at

7pm. A first time champion

7pm. A first time champion will

Crown, because neither Mark Balen

nor Kyren Wilson have ever won the

title before. And much of the day

two is on BBC Two tonight from

10:30pm, with highlights of

Southampton versus Spurs. We will be

back tomorrow watching Novak

Djokovic in action. For Kyle Edmund,

it is a data to rest, recover and

get ready to shoulder the weight of

British expectation once again.

Thanks for watching.

Easily dealt with by Edmund. He

leads to- one.

leads to- one. -- 2-1. Classic. He's

just been a powerhouse, is the role

from Edmund on serve. A star on the

rise. Kyle Edmund in the