Norrie edges Karatsev in three-hour battle to reach Stockholm Open quarter-finals

Second seed Cameron Norrie moved into the quarter-finals of the Stockholm Open by edging out Russian Aslan Karatsev 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4 at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Wednesday.

Norrie, ranked No 14, needed three hours, three minutes for victory. He will face the winner of the match between Dane Holger Rune, the No 7 seed, and Chilean Cristian Garin next.

In the previous round of the Stockholm, Karatsev, ranked No 45, beat Czech qualifier Lukas Rosol (6-3, 6-2).

Stockholm ATP 250, other second-round results (Kungliga Tennishallen, EUR 648.130, most recent results first):

• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Mikael Ymer vs. Tommy Paul
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Maxime Cressy
• Holger Rune vs. Cristian Garin
• Antoine Bellier vs. Denis Shapovalov