Cameron Norrie kicks off grass-court season with opening win at Queen's against Miomir Kecmanovic

Cameron Norrie started his grass-court season with a 6-4 7-6 (7-5) win over Miomir Kecmanovic to advance to the last 16 at Queen's. Playing his first match since losing in the third round of the French Open, former Queen's runner-up Norrie broke Kecmanovic three times on his way to victory. Ad The British No.

1 will play Jordan Thompson or Milos Raonic next. Roland-GarrosNorrie thrashed by Musetti at French Open as final Brit exits singles02/06/2023 AT 18:23 Kecmanovic, 23, is ranked at No. 40 in the world, but so far in 2023 he has had some impressive performances outside of the Grand Slams.

In February he reached the final at Delray Beach before losing to Taylor Fritz, and lost to Casper Ruud in the final at Estoril. More recently he reached the finals of Banja Luka, so he approaches the grass season in decent form. Norrie is ranked No.

13 and his brightest moment of the year was on clay when he beat Carlos Alcaraz to win the Rio Open. The 27-year-old and his younger opponent were looking to Queen’s for experience on grass ahead of next month’s Wimbledon Grand Slam, but it was Norrie who will get at least one more match under his belt after he took the win. Norrie’s service game was just a little more resilient under pressure, and he fought to a 6-4 win in the first set.