French Open: Cameron Norrie eases into third round at Roland-Garros with straight-sets win over Lucas Pouille

Cameron Norrie produced a superb performance to reach the French Open third round, crushing home favourite Lucas Pouille 6-1 6-3 6-3 in one hour and 45 minutes. The Brit, seeded 14th at Roland-Garros, needed little over an hour to go two sets to the good in an electric start to the match. Ad World No.

675 Pouille, who has only featured on the Challenger Tour this season and came through qualifying, left his best tennis until last but couldn’t quite work his way back from a double break in the third. Roland-Garros'I just grunted!' — Controversy as Norrie docked point in bizarre French Open incident29/05/2023 AT 13:57 Norrie dazzled with 23 winners and seven breaks in a win that came far more easily than his five-set epic against Benoit Paire in the first round. “All credit to Lucas, it’s great to see him back enjoying his tennis, qualifying and winning a round,” Norrie said on court.

“I played him five years ago here so it’s nice to be back and share the court with him. It was a tough battle. Sorry to take another Frenchman out, but hopefully you can support me in the next one.” Norrie will face 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti or world No.

87 Alexander Shevchenko next after reaching the third round for a third consecutive year at Roland-Garros – although he has never made it beyond this stage. “I feel good. There have been ups and downs recently but luckily I have a great team supporting and pushing me,” Norrie added.