Australian Open: Norrie through to last 16 in Melbourne for first time, takes out Ruud

No 19 seed Cameron Norrie defeated Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 11 seed, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Saturday night.

The British star dictated play right from the off and secured his place in the last 16 of the Australian Open for the very first time.

“Honestly, it was so special, I’ve practised once on this court and I didn’t realise there’d be this atmosphere,” he said afterwards.

“I had to play really brave. In the second set Casper served well and fought hard…I kept a really good level throughout the match. I stuck to my game plan, I really enjoyed it, and I got through.”

Norrie, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the No 6 seed, and American Alex Michelsen next.

Cameron Norrie won against Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (6-4, 6-4, 6-2) and eventually overcame Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri (3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous rounds.

Earlier in the tournament, Ruud, ranked No 11, beat Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas (6-1, 6-3, 6-1) and Australian Max Purcell (6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7)).

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Melbourne (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):

• Alexander Zverev vs. Alex Michelsen
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Daniil Medvedev: saturday
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Nuno Borges: saturday
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 6-1, 6-1, 1-0 ret.
• Arthur Cazaux (WC) beat Tallon Griekspoor (28): 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Hubert Hurkacz (9) beat Ugo Humbert (21): 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Tommy Paul (14): 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-0
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Sebastian Korda (29): 6-2, 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Alex De Minaur (10) beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30): 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Adrian Mannarino (20) beat Ben Shelton (16): 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-3, 6-0, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Fabian Marozsan: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• Jannik Sinner (4) beat Sebastian Baez (26): 6-0, 6-1, 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (15) beat Tomas Machac: 6-4, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (5)