US Open 2022: British star Cameron Norrie progresses to 4th spherical, No.9 Garbine Muguruza knocked out

World No.7 Cameron Norrie defeated Danish Holger Rune 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 within the third-round match on the US Open. Norrie will face both Denis Shapovalov or Andrey Rublev within the fourth spherical.

Cameron Norrie celebrates after profitable third spherical match. (AP Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSCameron Norrie defeated Danish Holger 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 within the third spherical matchCameron Norrie will face both Denis Shapovalov or Andrey Rublev in fourth sphericalGarbine Muguruza suffered a 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(10) defeat by the hands of Petra Kvitova

World quantity seven Cameron Norrie of Britain despatched Danish Holger Rune packing in a three-setter within the third spherical match on the US Open on Saturday, September 3.

The British star Norrie defeated the Danish and his defence to safe a 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 win and storm into the fourth spherical, the place he’ll play both Canadian Denis Shapovalov or Russian Andrey Rublev.

Norrie, the Wimbledon semi-finalist, had already defeated Rune twice this 12 months and ensured his profitable method in opposition to the Danish. Norrie made 22 unforced errors to his opponent Rune’s 43.

Rune saved 11 of the 18 break factors within the third-round match however had no reply within the third set when Norrie, who had a robust run-up to the US Open after reaching the Cincinnati semi-final, dominated and went all by with out dropping a single first-serve level.

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“Holger is not easy. He can go through patches where he is playing pretty passively and then he hits aggressively, so you have to be ready for anything,” Norrie stated after the match. “He has great hands and defends really well at times. I think I stayed a lot calmer than he did throughout the big moments in the match.

“My purpose as we speak was to get to 2 hours after which begin the match from then. When it hit two hours I broke to go 2-1 within the third and I pointed to Facu and stated, ‘Now the match starts’I really feel nice.”

MUGURUZA KNOCKED OUT

World quantity 9 and two-time Grand Slam winner Garbine Muguruza suffered a 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(10) defeat by the hands of quantity 21 seed Petra Kvitova within the third spherical match.

Muguruza served for the match at 5-3 within the third set and held two match factors on Kvitova’s serve at 6-5. However, the Czech star Kvitova scripted one of many best escapes to transform her personal fourth match level within the super-tiebreak earlier than profitable the match in two hours and 38 minutes.

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