YORKSHIRE ace Kyle Edmund is celebrating another milestone success in 2018 after landing his first ATP Tour title.

Former Pocklington schoolboy Edmund, who struggled with the occasion in his first ATP final in Marrakech earlier this season, held his nerve superbly this time, coming from a set down to defeat the experienced Gael Monfils 3-6 7-6 (2) 7-6 (4) at the European Open in Antwerp.

It is the latest breakthrough moment for the 23-year-old, who reached his first grand slam semi-final at the Australian Open in January, and became British number one and climbed into the world's top 20.

He said: "I'm obviously very happy. A lot of hard work goes into this. So it's just emotional. You always remember this one. Gael made me work for it, that's for sure, so credit to him. I'm just so happy."

The triumph sees Edmund climb back to 14th in the world rankings, equalling his career high, although his hopes of qualifying for the ATP Finals in London for the first time remain extremely remote, with this tournament offering only 250 points for the winner.

Nevertheless it continued his fine form since a first-round loss at the US Open, following on from a semi-final appearance in Beijing and quarter-final at the Shanghai Masters.

Edmund had made no secret of his desire to win a title sooner rather than later and he was in tears as he embraced his support team.

One break of serve had proved enough for Monfils to take the opening set and the flamboyant Frenchman recovered from a break down to take the second to a tie-break, which top seed Edmund dominated.

It took another tie-break to decide the match after both men saved two break points in the third set, and this one was much tighter, but a mini-break for 5-3 proved crucial for Edmund, who clinched victory on his first match point.