Cameron Norrie rallies to beat Spain's Bernabe Zapata Miralles in three sets and advance to Rio Open final

Spain's Bernabe Zapata Miralles gave Cameron Norrie a scare before the Brit recovered to win in three sets 6-2 3-6 7-6(3) and advance to the Rio Open final Zapata Miralles had beaten fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar and Albert Ramos Vinolas as well as Argentinian veteran Francisco Cerundolo to advance to the semi-finals, while Norrie had beaten lucky loser Juan Cerundolo, Brazilian Thiago Monteiro, and Bolivian Hugo Dellien. Ad Norrie split the opening games with his Spanish opponent, with each holding serve. ATP Rio de JaneiroAlcaraz comes from behind to beat Fognini and reach Rio Open quarter-finalsYESTERDAY AT 09:24 The Brit then got an early break in the next game, before holding to take a 3-1 lead.

Zapata Miralles was struggling with his first serve and Norrie took advantage. He had two break points with the chance to go 4-1 up in the set. The Spaniard rallied briefly but Norrie pressed home his advantage to take a double break lead.

Norrie then blitzed through another service game to be 5-1 up after just 25 minutes on the court. On his next service game, Zapata Miralles saved four set points. Seven times the pivotal game moved back to deuce, and eventually the Spaniard held serve to move to 5-2.

Norrie, serving for the set, zoomed into a 40-15 lead and, on his sixth set point, converted. Just under 40 minutes had passed, and Norrie was riding high. Zapata Miralles held serve confidently to start the second set.