Norrie comes back from two sets down against Zeppieri, faces Ruud next
Cameron Norrie overcame Giulio Zeppieri to win in five sets at the Australian Open. Next up for Norrie is Casper Ruud, who also won in five sets
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 20, 2023 Britain’s Cameron Norrie reacts during his third round match against Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
No 19 seed Cameron Norrie advanced to the third round of the Australian Open by overturning the situation against Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 at Melbourne Park.
Norrie, ranked No 22, will face Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 11 seed, next. Ruud also won in five, outlasting Max Purcell in a decisive tiebreaker.
The left-hander defeated Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (6-4, 6-4, 6-2) in the previous round. Zeppieri, ranked No 133, edged out Serb Dusan Lajovic (6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)) to earn his spot alongside Norrie in the round of 64.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Holger Rune vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Jakub Mensik vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Ugo Humbert vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Arthur Fils vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Hugo Grenier
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Sumit Nagal vs. Juncheng Shang
- Nuno Borges vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: thursday
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Carlos Alcaraz: thursday
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: thursday
- Tommy Paul vs. Jack Draper: thursday
- Casper Ruud beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7)
- Alex Michelsen beat Jiri Lehecka (32): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (6) beat Lukas Klein (Q): 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7)
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Sebastian Korda (29) beat Quentin Halys: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Jordan Thompson: 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30) beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Tomas Machac beat Frances Tiafoe (17): 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Adrian Mannarino (20) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6, 6-3
- Ben Shelton (16) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Fabian Marozsan beat Francisco Cerundolo (22): 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Hugo Gaston (LL): 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
- Karen Khachanov (15) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Luca Van Assche beat Lorenzo Musetti (25): 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0
- Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Pavel Kotov: 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
- Sebastian Baez (26) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 7-5, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Alex De Minaur (10) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (4) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
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