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cameron nori Makes strong start at Erste Bank Open in Vienna with win over seventh seed andrey rublev,
The British number two will be looking for a big finish to an encouraging season and he recovered from a second-set wobble to win 6-2 6-7 (5) 6-2 against the Russian.
Rublev entered the competition on the back of a four-match losing streak and it didn’t take long for him to show his frustration, with the world number 15 smashing his racket repeatedly after losing a double break at 4-1 in the opening set.
The 35th-ranked Nori broke serve again in the opening game of the second set and looked set to win, but was unable to hold serve at 5-4.
A double fault at 5–5 in the tie-break proved costly, but Nori made a good comeback in the deciding game and raced to a 3–0 lead before breaking Rublev for the second time in the set, leading 5–2 to win in just over two hours.
British qualifier jacob fearnley Came close to getting his first win against a top-10 player before losing in the deciding set tie-break alexander zverev,
Fearnley, who had not won a set in his four previous meetings with the world number three, produced a brilliant second set before losing 6-4 1-6 7-6(5).
Scott’s serve was broken in the opening game and it was enough for Zverev to win the first set, but Fearnley responded with two breaks of his own in the second game to take a 4–0 lead and 6–1 in 28 minutes.
In the deciding game both players held serve comfortably, until Fearnley was forced to save a match point after falling 5–4 down, forcing a tie-break.
Zverev grabbed two mini-breaks to lead 5–1 and held his composure after Fearnley broke once, sealing victory on his fourth match point overall.
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