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Andy Murray proceeded with his rebound accuse of a tiring three-set triumph over British No 1 Kyle Edmund in the Washington Open second round on Wednesday.

By Michael Hincks

Last Updated: 02/08/2018

Highlights of Andy Murray's prevail upon Kyle Edmund in the Citi Open ( Image: BBC SPORTS )

In simply his fifth match of 2018, Murray - at present the world No 832 - outlived his kindred Briton following two hours and 31 minutes on court, winning 7-6 (7-4) 1 6-4.

The three-time Grand Slam champion, playing his first hard-court competition in 17 months, faces Marius Copil next in the third round.

The British match bolted horns just five weeks prior at Eastbourne, with Edmund recording a straight-sets win as Murray tried things out in front of Wimbledon.

Murray accordingly pulled back before the Grand Slam began, refering to the possibility of five-set tennis as "too early", yet the previous world No 1 has his sights set on the US Open in August.

Also, after arrangements for that major started with a requesting three-set prevail upon Mackenzie McDonald on Monday, the 2012 US Open champion wound up against a well-known adversary in Edmund, for whom he has been a guide to amid the 23-year-old's ascent up the rankings.

Andy Murray is playing his first hard-court competition since Indian Wells a year ago.

An even first set saw Edmund break in the eleventh diversion, yet when serving for the set he was split back by a started up Murray, who went ahead to secure the tie-break 7-4 when a strike cut the line.

Edmund was playing his first match since the Wimbledon thrashing to Novak Djokovic a month ago, yet hoped to have forgotten about the webs in the second set, breaking Murray in the fourth diversion and 6th amusements to take it 6-1.

Energy kept on swinging in the decider, and Edmund was compelled to burrow profound and spare two split focuses before step up at 4-4.

Be that as it may, his purpose finished there, with Murray demonstrating the ace could in any case cut it against the disciple when breaking two amusements later with a cross-court strike come back to seal the match.

"I feel superior to anything I did amid the grasscourt season, which is certain," said Murray, who played three matches in late June however pulled back from Wimbledon as it came too soon in his recuperation procedure.

"So things are as yet showing signs of improvement and I've endured genuinely well through two long matches here on an extreme surface on the body.

"Ideally I can keep recuperating up from the matches and resting easy."