Norrie Fight Back To Reach Queen’s Quarter-finals

British number one Cameron Norrie came from behind to reach the Queen’s quarter-finals for a second time with victory over Australian Jordan Thompson.

Fifth seed Norrie, a Wimbledon semi-finalist last year, recovered from his first-set errors to win 4-6 6-3 6-2.

“It was the perfect match,” said Norrie, who will face American Sebastian Korda next.

Fellow Briton Ryan Peniston was beaten 6-3 6-4 by second seed Holger Rune.

Peniston, 27, had previously beaten Denmark’s Rune at Eastbourne last year following a run to the Queen’s quarter-finals.

He reached a career-high of 123 in the world last summer but has dropped outside the top 250 since then and faced a tough challenge against a much-improved Rune.

World number six Rune secured an early break to quiet the partisan Queen’s crowd before seeing out a straightforward first set.

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Peniston rescued two break points in a mammoth fifth game in the second set but eventually lost serve with a double fault, before Rune swept past him to set up a meeting with Italian Lorenzo Musetti.

Britain’s Norrie is playing in his first grass-court tournament of the season as he gears up for Wimbledon, which starts on 3 July.

His hopes of getting even more match time on the surface were dashed on Wednesday when his scheduled doubles partner Andy Murray withdrew from the competition, citing fatigue.

BBC Sports