Metz
Norrie seals Metz SF berth with late surge, former champ Sonego wins
The seventh seed received the ultimate 11 factors to advance
November 06, 2025
Chyslene Caillaud / Sport Imaginative and prescient
Cameron Norrie earns a hard-fought 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 victory towards Kyrian Jacquet in Metz.
By ATP Employees
Cameron Norrie overcame a stern take a look at from dwelling hope Kyrian Jacquet on the Moselle Open on Thursday. A finalist final 12 months in Metz, Norrie rallied previous the fortunate loser 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 to succeed in his second semi-final of the season.
The one seed remaining on the ATP 250, Norrie received the ultimate 11 factors of the two-hour, 25-minute match to advance.
“He shocked me loads,” Norrie stated of Jacquet, the third Frenchman whom the lefty has overwhelmed this week. “He was mixing it up rather well. Numerous slicing, then actually aggressive at moments. His serve is basically, actually good.
“The French have so many good gamers, so many various sorts of gamers. I actually appreciated the way in which he competed and he may have simply received the match within the second set as properly, however I managed to remain robust.”
Jacquet crushed 48 winners, half of which got here from his forehand, to Norrie’s 28, however the 30-year-old Briton discovered his finest tennis when he wanted it most to earn his place within the final 4. He’ll subsequent meet Lorenzo Sonego after the Italian beat Daniel Altmaier 6-4, 7-6(6). Sonego has fond reminiscences in Metz, having clinched the crown in 2022.
Norrie is aiming for his sixth tour-level title and first since 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, the place he beat Carlos Alcaraz within the closing.
In different quarter-final motion, #NextGenATP star Learner Tien rallied previous Matteo Berrettini 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 in a single hour and 44 minutes to advance to his second tour-level semi-final.
In his first Lexus ATP Head2Head assembly with Berrettini, the 19-year-old transformed all three break factors he earned, in accordance with Infosys ATP Stats. With the win, Tien turned the youngest American man to file 30 victories in a season since Andy Roddick in 2002 and the fourth American to succeed in that mark this 12 months. He’s up 4 spots to No. 34 within the PIF ATP Reside Rankings.
Tien will face fortunate loser Vitaliy Sachko for a spot within the closing. Sachko defeated Clement Tabur 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to e book his semi-final spot.
