Edmund’s sights on double celebration

Last remaining home player hopes to have two reasons to be cheerful Djokovic shrugs off twinge

Edmund can at least take confidence from their last meeting in Madrid in May, when he posted his first win over the Serbian.

Edmund said: “Playing Djokovic is always tough. For sure, when you beat someone, it always gives you that confidence. I remember playing reasonably well that day. It was mentally a good thing for me.

“He’s obviously playing well, winning pretty comfortably both matches. But we’ll see. Every match is different. He’s one of the best players in the world, one of the best players of all time. For sure, there’s always that massive respect. I’m just going to go out there and do my best. See what happens.”

Edmund was making his second appearance on Centre Court after losing there to Gael Monfils last year, and he never looked in any danger against Klahn, a 27-year-old ranked 168 whose career was stalled by back surgery in 2015.

Edmund did not face a single break point and, although he would have liked a better conversion rate than three of 12 chances on the Klahn serve, he was in control throughout.

“It was good to play on Centre again the second time, my first win on there, that’s always a nice feeling,” said Edmund.

“I was really controlling my service games, which always puts the pressure on him. In the second set, I had 0-30, had a break point one of the games, so I could have broken.

“It was always that mini battle trying to break him. I think the way I played the tie-break was the difference.”