The British No.1 was knocked out in the first round of the US Open for the second year in a row after a fivesetter with Spaniard Pablo
Andujar.
Fast forward 12 months and Pablo
Andujar, a 33-year-old Spaniard, outlasted the 30th seed.
He nicked a tight third set, Edmund responded in kind in the fourth, but he came up short in the decider as
Andujar celebrated a first Flushing Meadows win since 2014.
A close match featuring 13 breaks of serve - seven for
Andujar - swung in a Kyle Edmud in action marathon fifth game in the deciding set.
Edmund suffered a five-set defeat by Spain's Pablo
Andujar.
Yankees third baseman Miguel
Andujar will have season-ending surgery to repair a small labrum tear in his right shoulder.
Benoit Paire s'est impose face au tenant du titre, Pablo
Andujar (6-2/6-3), dimanche sur le court central Younes El Aynaoui du Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech.
Giancarlo Stanton and Miguel
Andujar both landed on the injured list Monday, and they were the Yankees' most productive hitters throughout the 2018 season.
Last May 22, Miguel
Andujar knew he had arrived, knew the work he had put in to make it from the Dominican Republic to the major leagues had landed him in the place he had always dreamed.
It comes after Edmund lost his first ATP final to lowly-ranked Spaniard Pablo
Andujar in Marrakesh last weekend.
The British number one reached a career-high ranking of 23 after making his first ATP Tour final in Marrakesh at the weekend, but a positive week ended on a sour note when he was well beaten by lowly-ranked Pablo
Andujar.