History made at the Aegon Championships as there will be a guaranteed all-British showdown in the quarter-finals at Queen’s Club
A BIT of tennis history is guaranteed after Kyle Edmund advanced to the Aegon Championships quarter finals without hitting a ball.
Edmund ‘s opponent, Paul-Henri Mathieu of France, has pulled out of their second round match because of a wrist injury.
Andy Murray takes on Aljaz Bedene in the second round at the Aegon Championships with the winner taking on Kyle Edmund in the quarter-final
And that means Edmund will face the winner of Andy Murray’s clash with British No2 Aljaz Bedene – to be played on Thursday afternoon.
It will be the first time two Brits have clashed in the last eight at Queen’s since tennis went professional in 1968.
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Kyle Edmund beat the No8-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon in the first round, before being handed a bye in the second round due to an injury to his opponent
And the last occasion that two British men contested an ATP Tour quarter final anywhere was in Adelaide in 2002, when Tim Henman defeated Greg Rusedski 6-4 6-4 before going on to win the title.
Top seed Murray beat Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 7-6 7-6 to make it this far, while Bedene beat another Frenchman Benoit Paire 7-6 6-7 6-4.
Edmund meanwhile won his first round clash against, you guessed it, another cross-Channel ace Gilles Simon, 6-4 3-6 6-1.
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