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W N O IMB LED Forget the recent disappoint­ing first-round losses at Queen’s and Eastbourne because there is no doubt that the British No.2 is a lot better than they suggested. And make no mistake, Edmund, 22, will have banked the good, bad and ugly parts of those defeats against two players – Denis Shapovalov and Donald Young – he fully expected to beat. The Yorkshire star is a workaholic, someone the nation can be certain will do everything to fulfil his undoubted talent – and ensure talk from people like Rafa Nadal that he is a future top 10 ace is anything but cheap. Edmund, one of six youngsters named in the ATP’s prestigiou­s NextGen category at the end of 2016, said: “I guess the phrase is, ‘Easier said than done’. “It’s nice to hear that sort of stuff as I don’t think people say these things just because they feel like it. But it’s down to me to actually do it and it’s hard work that will get me there. “Tennis is a long journey. There are going to be downs, when I don’t know where to go, and there’ll be the ups, which I must not take for granted.” It is Edmund’s attention to the minute detail – on and off court – which emphasises why he can be trusted to exploit his maximum potential. Discipline in everyday life, from training to diet, is the crucial ingred No.48 if he is to be anythi average tennis profession­a

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