Cameron Norrie made a strong start to the Erste Bank Open in Vienna with victory over seventh seed Andrey Rublev.

The British number two will be looking for a big finish to what has been an encouraging season and he recovered from a second-set wobble to claim a 6-2 6-7 (5) 6-2 win against the Russian.

Rublev went into the contest on a four-match losing streak and it did not take long for him to show his frustration, the world number 15 repeatedly smashing his racket after dropping a double break behind at 4-1 in the opening set.

Norrie, ranked 35, broke serve again in the opening game of the second set and looked to be coasting to victory but he was unable to serve out the contest at 5-4.

A double fault at 5-5 in the tie-break proved very costly, but Norrie bounced back well in the dec

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