Britain’s Cameron Norrie saved a match level as he produced an excellent fightback to beat world quantity seven Alex de Minaur on the Canadian Open.
Norrie was a set and 5-2 down in opposition to the Australian third seed earlier than coming by 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 to succeed in the fourth spherical.
De Minaur, main by a double-break, had a match level on his personal serve within the second set however double-faulted.
He twice served for the match however, at 5-4 up, double-faulted once more to place the set again on degree phrases.
World quantity 37 Norrie edged the tie-break after which ran away with the deciding set to finish victory in two hours and 52 minutes.
“It was an important match to win and to check my degree, and I can take a lot confidence from this one,” the 30-year-old stated.
“The extent was so excessive the primary two units.
“From the start, [de Minaur] got here out firing and I needed to match it.”
Norrie – who reached the Los Cabos semi-finals final week – will face France’s Arthur Fils for a spot within the quarter-finals.
De Minaur’s exit implies that fifth seed Ben Shelton is the one top-10 males’s participant remaining in Montreal.
World primary Jannik Sinner and third-ranked Novak Djokovic withdrew earlier than the event started, whereas high seed Alexander Zverev misplaced his first match.
Sixth-ranked Daniil Medvedev, seventh seed Taylor Fritz and world quantity 9 Flavio Cobolli additionally all misplaced within the second spherical.
