Andy Murray believes his performance against Kyle Edmund at the Washington Open was just as important as the result.

The Scot took another huge step in his comeback from hip surgery to clinch the biggest win of his comeback from hip surgery by defeating British number one Edmund.

Murray prevailed 7-6 (7/4) 1-6 6-4 to win the second-round encounter and will now play Romania's Marius Copil in the third round.

It was the second time this week the 31-year-old had been taken to a decider after he edged out Mackenzie McDonald in the first round.

But Murray said the victory over Edmund felt much better as he managed to implement the style he wanted.

He told the ATP Tour website: "It was much better, just in terms of the way I actually played the match.

"In the first match I basically spent the whole match defending, I was playing quite far behind the baseline and that's not really how I want to be playing moving forward.

"I spoke at good length with my coach about that.

"Today, regardless of the result, we wanted to at least be dictating more points, trying to use my forehand, be closer to the baseline.

"I think I did that, especially in some of the important moments in the third set... I was being more offensive.

"I was a lot happier with the way I approached the match.

Edmund said of the defeat: "I gave my best of what I had on the day today. Just didn't work out.

"It would have been nice to hold serve and maybe even control what I can and take (the third set) to a tie-break but it didn't happen."