British primary Cameron Norrie suffered a shock defeat by Federico Coria within the Argentina Open.
The second seed obtained a bye into the second spherical and misplaced 6-2 4-6 6-3 to residence hope and world quantity 106 Coria.
The defeat means Norrie, a finalist in Buenos Aires final 12 months, will drop out of the world’s prime 20 when the rankings are up to date on Monday.
Norrie will hope to keep away from falling additional down the rankings when he tries to defend his Rio Open title subsequent week.
In a while Thursday, Carlos Alcaraz, who Norrie beat in final 12 months’s closing in Brazil, reached the quarter-finals of the Argentina Open with a straight-set win towards Camilo Ugo Carabelli.
Trying to find his first title of 2024, the highest seed and defending champion gained 6-2 7-5 towards the Argentine and can face Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori within the subsequent spherical.
Elsewhere, Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner swept previous France’s Gael Monfils to succeed in the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open.
World quantity 4 Sinner, who taking part in in his first event since his triumph in Melbourne, gained 6-3 3-6 6-3 to arrange a last-eight encounter with Canada’s Milos Raonic.
