Norrie knocked out of French Open in third round | Alcaraz safely through

British No 1 Cameron Norrie has been knocked out of the French Open in the third round after a four-set defeat to Karen Khachanov.

Norrie was aiming to progress into the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, but fell 6-2 7-5 5-7 6-4 to the 21st seed.

The British No 1's defeat ends British interest in the singles main draws at the clay-court Grand Slam in Paris.

Norrie said: "I'm very disappointed but I tried as hard as I could and had a good attitude, gave myself a chance. I need to keep doing what I'm doing and learn from these matches.

"I think Karen was better than me, he played the bigger points better and deserved the win. I had a lot of break points but he made it difficult for me. I thought he played great.

"I wanted to make the second week for first time but I didn't play my best."

Norrie had a host of early chances he had to press ahead against Khachanov. In the first set alone, he forced eight break points but did not convert one of them.

By the time the British player was 4-2 down in the second, he had missed 11 opportunities to break in total, while Khachanov had converted all three of his.

At the 12th time of asking, Norrie did make a breakthrough, a well-worked point finished with a volley at the net to bring the second set back on serve.

Then a set point for Norrie on the Khachanov serve came and went, and instead, it was the 21st seed's power which forced the errors and secured him a two-set lead.

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It was the same story at the start of the third; Norrie created two break points, missed both and was immediately broken again.

Khachanov allowed the 10th seed back into the set twice, and Norrie finished the job