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Cameron Norrie: British number two beats Andrey Rublev at Erste Bank Open

Britain’s Cameron Norrie battled his way to victory over seventh seed Andrey Rublev to progress to the second round of the Erste Bank Open.

World number 35 Norrie won the two-hour match 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 in Austria.

Norrie, 30, started the match in fine fashion and took the opening set in just 34 minutes before breaking serve to move 2-0 up in the second.

The Briton served for the match at 5-4, but Rublev landed his first break of serve to force a tie-break, which he won to set up a deciding set.

Former world number eight Norrie regrouped to break Rublev’s serve in the second game to take command of the third set.

Norrie broke once more to book his spot in the next round, where he will face either Australia’s Alexei Popyrin or Italy’s Matteo Berrettini.


BBC News

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