Australian Open 2024 LIVE: Cameron Norrie vs Casper Ruud latest score and updates as Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek in third-round action

Cameron Norrie 6-4 Casper Ruud* – Norrie wins first set!

A couple of nervy backhands from Norrie hands Ruud an opportunity at 15-30, only for Ruud to shank a forehand return facing the Norrie second serve.

Norrie then fires wide on the forehand from inside the baseline! A poor miss with Ruud beaten. Break point: but Norrie survives as Ruud goes long on the forehand.

And that’s well played! Norrie turns a rally around behind a big forehand, and forces Ruud into the miss as he looked for the passing shot up the line!

Set point: Norrie finds the serve and wide and then jumps into the leaping backhand crosscourt to wrap up the set!

*Cameron Norrie 5-4 Casper Ruud

Ruud holds to 15 as Norrie’s return flies long, as the Norwegian asks the question. Can Norrie close it out?

Cameron Norrie 5-3 Casper Ruud*

Ruud is racing through his service games now but after facing break points in his previous hold, Norrie has no problems this time as he finds some of his best serving of the match. He moves a game away from the opening set.

Cameron Norrie 4-2 Casper Ruud*

Norrie suddenly faces some pressure as Ruud steadies his game to attack the Norrie serve, bringing up two break points. Norrie saves both impressively, the second behind the ace, but Ruud then races to a Norrie volley to make the forehand pass.

Third break point: but Norries survives the point of the match so far but making a key adjustment at the net to put away the volley! Entertaining exchanges these, with both Norrie and Ruud able to cover the court.

Ace from Norrie! And an excellent serve and volley clinches the hold. Well played.

Cameron Norrie 3-1 Casper Ruud*

Norrie consolidates the break from 0-15 after Ruud tried to take on Norrie at his own game with an approach to the net. But Norrie is playing pretty aggressively early doors and serves it out well.

*Cameron Norrie 2-1 Casper Ruud – Norrie breaks!

After putting away a lovely volley at the net, Ruud makes a double fault and the British No 1 gets a look at 0-30. Norrie rushes Ruud again to move into the net and the Norwegian’s backhand goes long.

Two break points: Norrie only needs one, good depth to the baseline forces the backhand error from Ruud and Norrie gets the early break. Encouraging start for Norrie.

*Cameron Norrie 0-1 Casper Ruud

Ruud will serve first in this third-round match .Physicality will be key today with both players having come through a five-set match in the previous round.

Ruud gets a comfortable opening hold with an ace up the middle. Norrie looks to be playing aggressively but sent a backhand long as he looked down the line.

Cameron Norrie will have to break new ground in two ways if he is to keep British singles hopes alive at the Australian Open.

The 19th seed is the only British player to have reached round three but he has never been further at Melbourne Park, while he has lost all three previous matches against opponent Casper Ruud.

“He’s beaten me a few times in some really big matches,” said Norrie. “I’m going to look at those matches and see where I can improve.

“I think a lot of the time was down to execution and him staying a bit calmer than me in the bigger moments. Every time I played him, he served really, really well. I think his serve is quite underrated.

“I didn’t actually get a chance to watch one point of his (second-round) match, but I heard it was really high level from both. I’m looking forward to watching that one and then watching my previous matches with him to see what I can improve on and what I can do to make him uncomfortable out there.”

Both Norrie and Ruud survived five-set encounters on Thursday, with the British number one putting wrist pain out of his mind to come from two sets down to beat Giulio Zeppieri.

Ruud, meanwhile, prevailed in a deciding tie-break against Australia’s Max Purcell to make it to the last 32 in Melbourne for the second time.

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Cameron Norrie vs Casper Ruud

Some more results from this morning:

Zheng Qinwen, the 12th seed, continues to take advantage of an open section of the draw as she won a final set tiebreak to beat compatriot Wang Yafan 6-4 2-6 7-6(8) on Rod Laver Arena.

Wang had beaten Emma Raducanu in the previous round and proved a stern challenge for Zheng, who will next face France’s Oceane Dodin, the world number 95, who stormed into the last 16 with a 6-2 6-4 win over fellow Frenchwoman Clara Burel.

After beating Elena Rybakina in the previous round, Anna Blinkova was knocked out by Italy’s Jasmine Paolini 7-6(1) 6-4 to set up a last-16 meeting with fellow fourth-round debutant Anna Kalinskaya.

Kalinskaya reached the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time with a gritty 6-7(8) 6-1 6-4 win over former US Open champion Sloane Stephens.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska reached the fourth round of the Australian Open for the first time after beating American 27th seed Emma Navarro 6-2 2-6 6-1.