Cameron Norrie into US Open third round after straight sets win, Dan Evans also through at Flushing Meadows

Cameron Norrie is into the third round of the US Open after a 6-4 6-4 7-6(4) win over Joao Sousa. Norrie was superior on his first serve points and although he was complaining about being dehydrated midway through the third set, he remained resilient and found a way past his Portuguese opponent. Ad The world No.

7 will play Norwegian No. 28 seed Holger Rune in the third round. US OpenPaire says his 'demons are back' after on-court antics in Norrie defeat30/08/2022 AT 19:41 Norrie becomes the fourth British man to do so joining Jack Draper, Andy Murray, and Dan Evans — the second time this has happened in the Open Era.

Speaking after his victory, Norrie told Amazon Prime Video he was relieved to progress after feeling «really nervous» ahead of the tie. «I'm just happy to be through it,» he said. «I was really nervous for today, I couldn't put my finger on why.

I just really wasn't feeling the ball that well. I just needed to figure it out. »It was kind of tough playing Joao.

He was playing everything to my backhand and it was tough to find his backhand so it was basically the same pattern every time. «Overall just happy to be through on a day I wasn't feeling good and tricky conditions.» US Open LIVE 'It was difficult to cope' — Tearful Kontaveit on facing Serena's crowd After a couple of holds from the pair, both players went on to break each other in an even opening first set and each did the business on their respective serves throughout, the next break coming from Norrie in the penultimate game to take a 5-4 lead. The Brit eventually shook off Sousa as he wrapped up the first set in 38 minutes with a couple of impressive forehands.