Nice Britain’s Cameron Norrie booked a second-round assembly with Alex de Minaur on the Monte-Carlo Masters after coming by means of a three-set battle with world No 58 Miomir Kecmanovic.
Norrie – ranked twenty fourth on this planet, one spot forward of countryman Jack Draper – gained the primary set 6-2 however then misplaced the second 6-4 and got here beneath stress when serving to pressure a tie-break within the third.
Nevertheless, the 30-year-old swept the breaker 7-0, sealing victory when his Serbian opponent fired a forehand broad, as he gained a match in Monte-Carlo for the primary time since 2019.
Norrie swept his deciding-set tie-break with Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic 7-0
Norrie reached the quarter-finals at Indian Wells final month earlier than dropping to world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz earlier than being crushed within the second spherical in Miami by Alex Michelsen.
Draper is skipping the Monte-Carlo Masters as he continues to be affected person together with his comeback following an arm damage final season
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