Norrie is the last Briton standing in the singles draw after coming through his opening two matches of the tournament in Paris. Hello and welcome to coverage of Cameron Norrie's French Open third round clash against Karen Khachanov. Norrie loses in four sets - as it happened He will go on to play boy wonder Carlos Alcaraz in the next round.
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If Norrie cannot seem to reach the fourth round, then Khachanov is a professional on this front – particularly at Roland Garros, where he has now made the second week five times in six attempts. But this favoured the 6ft 6in Khachanov, who was able to hit through the court when Norrie was reduced to playing for position. The match didn’t finish until after 11pm, and the cold weather made conditions horrible slow and heavy. Raucous chanting in Russian broke out around Court Simonne Mathieu as Khachanov approached the finish line. On this evidence, he will soon be making his way back up the ladder. Three years ago, he rose as high as No 8, using his 125mph serve and clubbing forehand to beat Novak Djokovic in the final of the 2018 Paris Masters. This time, he was comfortably the higher seed – at No 10 as opposed to No 21 for Khachanov – and must have fancied his chances of finally breaking the jinx.īut Khachanov is slumming it a little at No 25 in the world. He met Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open, Nadal again here at Roland Garros and then Roger Federer on Centre Court at Wimbledon, which might as well be the great man’s front room. Last year, Norrie’s luck was clearly out when it came to his third-round opponents. It's going to be interesting with Wimbledon this year but I'm looking forward to getting back to London and resting a little bit before Queen's." I really like the grass and the vibe around it, being at home. I'm looking forward to the grass court season. I wanted to try and make the second week for the first time. Today I didn't play my best. "I think Karen was better than me," said Norrie. But Norrie will look at the statistics and kick himself when he sees the break-point column: 21 opportunities and only five of them taken.
Khachanov is a ferocious striker of the ball who can take the racket out of your hands, and there were times on Friday when he was virtually unplayable. But getting over that extra hurdle into the fourth round – the sign of a top-class performer – is proving to be beyond him. Five times in his past eight attempts, to be precise. He just keeps bumping up against his own personal glass ceiling.Īt least Norrie is reaching the last 32 of the slams with some regularity now. The statistic is a blot on Norrie’s otherwise admirable record, which now includes four ATP titles and a couple of weeks in the world’s top ten. Briton still waiting to make it to second week of a grand slamĬameron Norrie’s wait for a place in the second week of a major goes on, after he was ousted from the French Open in four sets by the mighty Russian Karen Khachanov.Norrie battles well but Russian opponent proves too strong.
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