Norrie Into Metz Final With Another Comeback Win

Great Britain's Cameron Norrie reached his first last of 2025 pinch a three-set triumph complete Lorenzo Sonego astatine nan Moselle Open.

Seventh seed Norrie, 30, had been taken to nan region successful each of his first 3 matches successful Metz and, successful 2 of those, had fought backmost from a group down to win.

That was nan lawsuit again arsenic Italian Sonego took nan first group of their semi-final, earlier Norrie completed a 4-6 6-2 6-4 triumph successful precisely 2 hours.

Norrie, classed 27th successful nan world and 15 places higher than Sonego, saved 2 break points early successful nan 2nd set.

In small problem connected his ain service aft that - helped by an 83% first-serve percent for nan lucifer - Norrie created a big of opportunities to break his force and yet did truthful successful nan 10th crippled of nan decider to clinch victory.

Norrie will play either Vitaliy Sachko of Ukraine aliases Learner Tien of nan United States successful nan last connected Saturday.

Norrie's tally to nan last successful Metz has capped an fantabulous 2nd half of nan twelvemonth for nan British number two.

He was successful threat of dropping retired of nan world's apical 100 earlier this year, being classed arsenic debased arsenic 91st successful May.

However, bully runs astatine nan 3 consequent Grand Slams - nan 4th information astatine nan French Open, nan quarter-finals astatine Wimbledon and nan 3rd information astatine nan US Open - person helped move him backmost into nan apical 30.

Meanwhile, 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic is done to nan last successful Athens courtesy of a 6-3 6-4 triumph against Germany's Yannick Hanfmann, who is classed 117th successful nan world.

Djokovic, 38, is aiming to triumph nan 101st tour-level title of his profession and his 2nd of 2025, having won successful Geneva successful May.

The Serb will play either Italy's Lorenzo Musetti aliases American Sebastian Korda successful nan final.

Musetti needs to triumph nan tourney successful Greece to suffice for nan ATP Finals.

If he does not, Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime will return nan eighth and last spot astatine nan season-ending arena successful Turin, which starts connected Sunday.

Djokovic has already qualified and has been drawn successful a group pinch Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur.