Kyle Edmund will bid to reach his first Grand Slam final when he plays Marin Cilic at the Australian Open on Thursday morning. Victory for the Yorkshireman would also see him overtake his training partner and Davis Cup team-mate Andy Murray as British No.1. And he would then be one match away – probably against Roger Federer in Sunday’s final – from becoming the first British man to win the singles in Melbourne since Fred Perry in 1934. Here is all you need to know about Britain’s new sporting superstar.. He is already Yorkshire’s No.1 Edmund was born in Johannesburg in 1995 to Welsh father Steven and South African mother Denise. With his sister Kelly, they relocatd to the village of Tickton near Beverley in Yorkshire when he was three years old. Edmund is one win away from the final in Melbourne ( Image: REUTERS) Edmund went to the private Pocklington Prep School from 2002 to 2006 and began his secondary education at state-funded Beverley Grammar, before at the age of 13 he won a place at a tennis academy at Bisham Abbey in Buckinghamshire. He had been a keen swimmer and cricketer and did not begin to play tennis…