BRITISH number one Kyle Edmund was on the wrong end of an upset in the Brisbane International as he crashed out to qualifier Yasutaka Uchiyama in straight sets.

Former Pocklington schoolboy Edmund, third seed at the hard court tournament, has been hoping for a decent warm-up to the Australian Open - where he memorably reached the semi-finals 12 months ago before losing to Croatian Marin Cilic.

However, in this opening tourney down under, he fell 7-6 (8/6) 6-4 in round two to a player ranked 185th in the world.

East Yorkshire ace Edmund nearly went a break up in the fifth game of the first set but his Japanese opponent saved two break points. The remainder of the set also followed serve. Edmund broke twice during the tie-break but failed to convert two set points and Uchiyama won four points in a row to take the set in just under an hour.

Uchiyama then wrapped up the second set in 36 minutes, claiming a spot in the third round after converting his second match point. The damage was done in the third game, where Edmund was broken to love.

Former British number one Andy Murray was also knocked out in round two when beaten 7-5 6-2 by Daniil Medvedev.

Murray, who continues to be affected by a long-term hip injury, had overcome Aussie James Duckworth in his opening match of the year on New Year's Day.

The 31-year-old Scot has slipped to 240th in the world rankings following surgery on his troublesome hip and admitted after defeating Duckworth that he did not know how much longer his career would last.

Medvedev fired 16 aces to set up a quarter-final appointment with Canadian Milos Raonic on Friday.

"He served extremely well and I didn't really get many chances on his service games," Murray said.

"And then on my own service games I made a few too many errors in the rallies, especially early on I was trying to play a little bit more offensive.

"In the second set, I made a few too many mistakes, and obviously there was a period in the match from 5-5 where I lost six games in a row.

"When you play better players... they will expose any errors that you make in your game or any shots that you're not hitting particularly well. And he did that."

Fellow Brit Johanna Konta also crashed out of the Brisbane International at the second round stage following a 6-2 7-6 (7/2) defeat to Ajla Tomljanovic.

The Australian Open starts on January 14.