Norrie suffers gruelling defeat as seeds crash out in Dallas

Cameron Norrie suffered a gruelling defeat to Reilly Opelka in the last 16 of the ATP Tour’s Dallas Open, where Taylor Fritz was among the seeds to crash out on Thursday.

Norrie squandered a one-set advantage in a back-and-forth contest against the American wildcard, falling to a 4-6 7-6 (5) 6-4 loss after just over two and a half hours.

The British No 2 broke Opelka on his way to claiming the opening set before his opponent took the second in a tie-break to force a decider, where Opelka claimed a crucial break in the third game and closed out victory.

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Opelka will now face defending champion Tommy Paul in the quarter-finals, after the third seed came through a final-set decider to defeat Ethan Quinn 6-4 5-7 6-4.

Canada's Denis Shapovalov won the first four points of a third-set tie-break to come back from a set down and upset top seed Fritz, 2-6 6-3, 7-6 (2), setting up a meeting with Tomas Machac in the last eight.

Fourth seed Ben Shelton and fifth seed Frances Tiafoe were also knocked out, losing to Spain's Jaume Munar and Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka respectively, as Casper Ruud cruised through by seeing off American qualifier Michael Mmoh in straight sets.

Alcaraz reaches Rotterdam quarter-finals

Carlos Alcaraz swept past qualifier Andrea Vavassori to reach the quarter-finals of the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam.

World No 3 and top seed Alcaraz needed just over an hour to defeat Italian doubles specialist Vavassori 6-2 6-1 and continue his hunt for a first indoor trophy, having needed three sets against home wildcard Botic van de Zandschulp in the previous round.

"Every time that I leave the court, I'm always thinking how I can be better," Alcaraz said. "I just tried to be focused on the things that I had to improve from the first round - not making too many mistakes, not having too many ups and downs in the match, if I'm a break up, just to keep going with the same intensity."

Alcaraz will next play fellow Spaniard Pedro Martinez, who upset fifth seed Holger Rune 6-4 6-1 for a first victory over a top-20 player on hard courts, while third seed Alex de Minaur saw off Jakub Mensik 6-4 6-4.

The Australian will next face lucky loser Daniel Altmaier, who beat world No 19 Arthur Fils in three sets. Andrey Rublev, the 2021 champion, booked a sixth quarter-final in Rotterdam after defeating Fabian Marozsan and will play Hubert Hurkacz in the last eight.

Sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas came from behind to end the run of home favourite Tallon Griekspoor, recovering after losing the first set to win 6-7 (5) 7-6 (6) 7-5, with Mattia Bellucci - who upset Daniil Medvedev in the last round - up next.

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