Kyle Edmund expected to compete in Davis Cup tie despite Australian Open injury

The British No 2 is 'physically OK' and will be travelling to Marbella for the tie against Spain next week

Kyle Edmund suffered a hip injury in his semi-final clash against Marin Cilic (Getty)

The hip injury that Kyle Edmund suffered in his Australian Open semi-final defeat by Marin Cilic here on Thursday is not expected to stop him travelling to Marbella on Monday for Britain’s Davis World Group tie against Spain next week. A spokesman for the 23-year-old Briton confirmed on Friday that he was “physically OK” and would be going to the Davis Cup.

Edmund is the No 1 singles player in the team named by Leon Smith, Britain’s captain. The other singles players in the five-man squad are Cameron Norrie and Liam Broady, ranked No 112 and No 172 in the world respectively. All five members of the Spain team are ranked in the world’s top 40.

The Marbella tie is being played on clay, which is Edmund’s favourite surface. The world No 49, who will climb more than 20 places in next week’s updated rankings list, will be heading to the South American clay-court circuit after playing in the Davis Cup. He is entered to play in tournaments in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.

Aidan McHugh’s fine run in the boys’ tournament here ended in a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 defeat to Taiwan’s Chun Hsin Tseng. The 17-year-old Glaswegian was the first British boy to reach a junior Grand Slam semi-final since Edmund at Wimbledon in 2013. The last Briton to win a Grand Slam boys’ title was Oliver Golding at the US Open in 2011.

McHugh, who has signed up to Andy Murray’s management company, had broken for a 4-2 lead in the second set when the match was halted because of rain. It was eventually completed on a nearby indoor court.

“There wasn’t a lot in it at all,” McHugh said afterwards. “I’m obviously a bit upset and gone just now, but tennis-wise and the way the match went, there weren’t any big reasons why it went either way. The games were pretty tight.”