Cameron Norrie into Metz quarter-finals with win over Arthur Cazaux

Cameron Norrie progressed to the last eight at the Moselle Open in Metz after fighting back to beat home hope Arthur Cazaux in three sets.

Norrie, who upset world number one Carlos Alcaraz in last week’s Paris Masters, came through 6-7 (1) 7-6 (7) 6-2 in two hours and 49 minutes.

Seventh seed Norrie broke Cazaux in the opening game, but the French player responded with a break of his own in the sixth and went on to dominate the tie-break and take the first set.

Another tight encounter followed in the second set, with both players holding their serve before Norrie prevailed to level – and the 30-year-old finished strongly, breaking Cazaux’s serve twice to seal the match.

Novak Djokovic overcame Alejandro Tabilo for the first time to reach the quarter-finals at the Hellenic Championship in Athens.

Chilean Tabilo, ranked 89th in the world, had beaten the 24-time grand slam singles champion in both of their previous meetings, which came on clay in Rome last year and Monte Carlo in April.

But top seed Djokovic served 13 aces and faced just one break point on his way to a 7-6 (3) 6-1 victory on the hard courts of the Greek capital to reach the 225th tour-level quarter-final of his career.

Djokovic told the ATP website: “Playing against Tabilo, who I had never won against – we played two times on clay, this year and last year, and he won both of these matches – I was more under tension before the match than some other matches and I really tried to draw the energy from the crowd.”

A tight tussle in the opening set saw only two break points – both in Tabilo’s opening service game – before Djokovic dominated the tie-break.

The 38-year-old clinched the first break of the contest in the fourth game of the second set, which proved to be the decisive moment as Djokovic clinched victory in one hour and 39 minutes.