Kyle Edmund and Swedish coach face off ahead of England World Cup quarter-final showdown
Kyle Edmund is firmly focused on Wimbledon currently but he can't resist a bit of World Cup banter with his Swedish coach ahead of England's World Cup quarter-final on Saturday.
Tennis ace Edmund has made no secret of his passion for football and has been following England passionately in Russia this summer.
The British No 1 could well be on court come Saturday afternoon when England face Sweden in Samara should he beat American Bradley Klahn, but he and his Swedish coach, Fredrik Rosengren, are still cheering their respective nations in their background of Wimbledon campaign.
Kyle Edmund and coach Fredrik Rosengren (left) face off ahead of England's clash with Sweden
As Edmund put in the miles on the practice courts on Wednesday in west London, he and coach Rosengren ignited a mini rivalry as they faced off wearing the home shirts of Sweden and England.
'When your coach is a Swede and you tell him it's coming home... let’s go @England! #ThreeLions,' Edmund wrote on Twitter.
Edmund, first on Court One on Tuesday, needed only one hour and 43 minutes to defeat lowly-ranked Australian Alex Bolt 6-2 6-3 7-5 leaving him plenty of time to undergo his post-match routine before finding a spot to catch the Three Lions to defeat Colombia in a penalty shootout.
Edmund and his friend Tom Davies (right) watch England beat Colombia in the World Cup
The current World No 17 - much like the rest of the nation - went bonkers with the shootout victory over the Colombians in Moscow - it was only England's second in eight attempts at a major tournament.
Edmund though, being a well-publicised professional, didn't quite react like many of the singing and screaming England fans did on Tuesday night. He instead celebrated in a more artistic way.
'It's coming home,' he wrote on the grass outside his accommodation in Evian water bottles.
Wimbledon will be his first priority of course, but Edmund will continue to follow his countrymen's progress in Russia it seems. 'Come on England,' he added in another Twitter post.