The British tennis is very well represented in Melbourne even with Andy Murray and Jo Konta out.

In fact, Kyle Edmund surprises the tennis world after reaching the semifinals following his win over Grigor Dimitrov.

The Bulgarian was the hot favorite to win this quarterfinal, but he knew that beating Edmund would not have been easy after he recently edged the Brit in Brisbane early in the month after winning 6-3 6-7 (3) 6-4.

Kyle started the match against the world no.3 in the best possible way with a break (1-0). Grigor managed to get back that break in the 6^th game (3-3), but he was the Brit again to break Dimitrov in the 9^th game before winning the opener 6-4.

Dimitrov had a solid start in the 2^nd set (3-0) before winning 6-3. At that point it seemed as the Bulgarian had the match in his pocket; the couple went toe to toe in the 3^rd set, but it was Dimitrov to drop his serve once again in the 8^th game (3-5) before losing the set 6-3.

Once more Kyle and Grigor engaged in a tough battle in the 4^th set. Dimitrov was broken in the 5^th game (2-3) to break back soon after (3-3). Finally, it was a more aggressive Edmund to find his way again and break Dimitrov in the 9^th game for the 5^th time before winning the contest 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4.

GAME SET AND MATCH!

Kyle Edmund makes the quarter final of a Grand Slam for the first time!

‘He has ticked all the boxes!’

He beats Andreas Seppi 6-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 pic.twitter.com/3lbwblfG8o

— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) January 21, 2018

England’s Kyle Edmund stunned world number three Grigor Dimitrov to reach his first grand slam semi-final. @LukeSchneider_7 #7News pic.twitter.com/kncJ3qPy4s

— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) January 23, 2018

Stats

Even if Grigor scored just 4 points less than Edmund (118 vs.122), he was far too passive (32 winners vs. Edmund’s 46), and his serve didn’t really work well (7 double faults and only 7 aces).

Edmund will now face either Cilic or Nadal in the semifinal.