Kyle Edmund's wait for a first ATP Tour final goes on after he lost to Damir Dzumhur in the semi-final of the Winston-Salem Open. The Bosnian will now face Roberto Bautista Agut in the final.
British No. 2 Edmund looked a good bet to reach the last two in North Carolina after taking the first set against Bosnian Damir Dzumhur but he could get not the job done and went down 6-1, 5-7, 3-6.
Still, it represents a good week for Edmund and he will now head to the US Open in New York in good confidence, looking for a repeat of his run to the fourth round last year.
A different story was on the cards after the 22-year-old raced to the opening set, winning six games on the spin to take it 6-1 in 29 minutes.
Dzumhur tightened up his game, though, and after Edmund spurned a game point to take the second set to a tiebreak, the Bosnian broke to claim it 7-5.
Edmund wasted two break points at the start of the third set and that proved costly as, after an exchange of breaks, Dzumhur took the final two games with a string of winners to reach a first final of his own.
Top seed Roberto Bautista Agut awaits Dzumhur in the final after a straight sets, 6-2, 6-4 win over Jan-Lennard Struff. Agut will hope to put last year's defeat in the final behind him on Sunday and goes in as favourite against Dzumhur, 25.