Tennis This article is more than 11 months oldMiami Open: Cameron Norrie sunk by Gregoire Barrère as Coco Gauff crumbles
This article is more than 11 months old- British No1 slumps out in 6-3, 6-2 defeat to on-form Frenchman
- Gauff stunned by thrilling Anastasia Potapova comeback
British No 1 Cameron Norrie has been dumped out of the Miami Open in a shock second-round loss to Frenchman Grégoire Barrère.
Norrie, 27, was simply outclassed by Barrère on Saturday, the world No 65 wrapping up a 6-3, 6-2 victory in an hour and 10 minutes.
After the pair traded holds early, Barrère was able to strike first blood by breaking Norrie’s serve in the eighth game. From there Norrie could only mount mild resistance as Barrère cruised home in the second set to book his place in the third round.
He will face the American Christopher Eubanks after the world No 119 recorded the biggest win of his career so far, knocking out out 17th-seeded Borna Coric 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Meanwhile, British No 2 Dan Evans saw his losing streak extend to six matches after Italian Lorenzo Sonego came from behind to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in two and a half hours. Evans had started brightly, securing an early break in the first game and holding to lead 2-0 before closing out the first set.
But Sonego, the world No 59, rallied to break Evans in the fourth game of the second set before maintaining a vital hold in the next game to level the scores. The Italian broke twice in the deciding set as he opened up a 4-0 lead and never looked like allowing Evans back into the match.
Elsewhere, Jiri Lehecka continued his impressive form to reach the third round of an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time. The 21-year-old Czech, a quarter-finalist at the Australian Open, beat 18th seed Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-4.
Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was handed a walkover into round three after Frenchman Richard Gasquet was forced to withdraw because of an ankle injury. Fourth seed Daniil Medvedev barely broke a sweat against Roberto Carballés Baena of Spain, winning 6-1, 6-2 in just over an hour.
Fifth seed Félix Auger-Aliassime of Canada beat Brazilian Thiago Monteiro 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8) and will next play Francisco Cerundolo, who was a 6-4, 6-4 winner over American lucky loser Aleksandar Kovacevic.
In the women’s singles, Coco Gauff was stunned on home turf after Anastasia Potapova came from behind to triumph over the world No 6. The Russian was on the brink of defeat in the deciding set but won 10 of the final 12 games to progress to the fourth round with a hard-earned 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-2 win.
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“I just didn’t play how I wanted to today,” said Gauff. “Really where I got in the match was because of my mentality, but not because of the game. Physically I feel like I wasn’t at my best today. I feel like it was a combination of nerves, playing at home.”
Potapova will next face China’s number 23 seed Zheng Qinwen, who came through 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3 against 12th seed Liudmila Samsonova in a match that went on for over three hours.
The American No 1 Jessica Pegula, seeded three in Miami, had no such trouble as she coasted past Danielle Collins 6-1, 7-6 (0), while Poland’s Magda Linette defeated former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4 to book her place against Pegula in the last 16.
Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko progressed with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win over Beatriz Haddad Maia and the Indian Wells champion Elena Rybakina fought back from the brink against Paula Badosa, saving a match point on the way to a thrilling 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win.
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