Norrie into Metz final with another comeback win

Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie reached his first final of 2025 with a three-set victory over Lorenzo Sonego at the Moselle Open.

Seventh seed Norrie, 30, had been taken to the distance in each of his first three matches in Metz and, in two of those, had fought back from a set behind to win.

That was the case again as Italian Sonego took the first set of their semi-final, before Norrie completed a 4-6 6-2 6-4 win in exactly two hours.

Norrie, ranked 27th in the world and 15 places higher than Sonego, saved two break points early in the second set.

In little trouble on his own serve after that – helped by an 83% first-serve percentage for the match – Norrie created a host of opportunities to break his opponent and eventually did so in the 10th game of the decider to clinch victory.

Norrie’s run to the final in Metz has capped an excellent second half of the year for the British number two.

He was in danger of dropping out of the world’s top 100 earlier this year, being ranked as low as 91st in May.

Meanwhile, 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic is through to the final in Athens courtesy of a 6-3 6-4 victory against Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann, who is ranked 117th in the world.

Djokovic, 38, is aiming to win the 101st tour-level title of his career and his second of 2025, having won in Geneva in May.

The Serb will play either Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti or American Sebastian Korda in the final.

Musetti needs to win the tournament in Greece to qualify for the ATP Finals.

If he does not, Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime will take the eighth and final spot at the season-ending event in Turin, which starts on Sunday.