Australian Open: British No 1 Cameron Norrie beats Casper Ruud to reach second week in Melbourne for first time

Cameron Norrie, Britain’s sole survivor in singles’ competition, made it through to the second week of the Australian Open for the first time thanks to a fabulous four-set victory over Casper Ruud.

Norrie had never beaten a player ranked as high as world No 11 Ruud at a major tournament while he had lost all three previous matches against the Norwegian, who is a three-time Grand Slam finalist.

But the 28-year-old played with purpose and aggression to claim a 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 6-3 victory.

Normally known as a baseline grinder, Norrie came to the net 56 times during the contest and cracked an impressive 63 winners.

British No 1 Norrie will face sixth seed Alexander Zverev or unseeded American teenager Alex Michelsen in the last 16 on Monday.

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