Norrie out in Shanghai Masters third round

Cameron Norrie, a British player, was let down by teen sensation Learner Tien in the third round of the Shanghai Masters.

On another hot and humid evening, world number 33 Norrie defeated the American 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 7-6.

After breaking free in the first set, Norrie returned and served for the opener before Tien regrouped to take the final tie-break.

Norrie then missed another two chances to break back after missing three break points early in the second set before losing his serve the following match.

This year, he has already defeated Medvedev twice, once in the semi-finals of last week’s China Open, where the Russian was forced to retire with cramps.

The 19-year-old advanced to the fourth round in Melbourne and defeated Lorenzo Musetti and Medvedev, both of whom finished in the top five this year.

Jannik Sinner, the second-ranked player in the China Open final, forced him to retire with a broken leg on Monday in Shanghai.

With a 6-3 7-6 (7-5), Medvedev looked to wrap up a difficult year by winning over Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Alexander Zverev, the third-ranked player, lost to Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a first-round match.

Rinderknech, who knocked him out of Wimbledon in the first round, has now defeated Zverev for the second time this year.

Zverev, a German who reached the Australian Open final at the start of the year, has had a disappointing season, winning just one title.

Zverev said, “My year has been terrible, I’m just playing terrible tennis all year.”