Impressive Cameron Norrie through to quarter-finals at Korea Open in Seoul as ATP Finals race intensifies

Britain's Cameron Norrie secured his place in the quarter-finals of the Korea Open in Seoul with a straight sets victory over Kaichi Uchida. The second seed showed his class as he produced a straightforward 6-2 6-2 win over the Japanese player in the last-16 clash.

Ad Norrie, who is currently the world No. 8 and came to Seoul from his surprise appearance at the Laver Cup in London, never looked in any danger as he strolled past Uchida in a little over an hour.

Laver CupFederer bids farewell as emotional night ends in defeat but celebration23/09/2022 AT 23:30 The 27-year-old is aiming for his third tournament win of the year as he has continued his impressive surge up the ATP Tour world rankings and will next take on American Jenson Brooksby. Norrie, who memorably reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon in the summer before being defeated by eventual champion Novak Djokovic, already has ATP titles in Delray Beach and Lyon to his name this season.

Brooksby reached the quarter-finals by overcoming Korean No. 1 Soonwoo Kwon, 6-3 6-4, with the home favourite putting up a valiant resistance before being eventually vanquished.

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