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British males’s primary Cameron Norrie is out of the Australian Open after dropping to rising star Jiri Lehecka.
Norrie, seeded eleventh, had been aiming to knock off one other notable profession milestone by reaching the final 16 at Melbourne Park for the primary time.
He led by two units to 1 earlier than Czech Lehecka, 21, fought again to win 6-7 (8-10) 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-4 within the third spherical.
The 27-year-old left-hander was removed from his greatest and wanted therapy on his left knee early within the decider.
Lehecka will play Canadian sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime within the fourth spherical on Sunday.
It was a measure of revenge for the 21-year-old after he was overwhelmed by Norrie at the Auckland Open final week.
“I felt that I might beat him,” mentioned Lehecka, who’s ranked 71st on the earth.
“The solely factor I learnt from that match [in Auckland] was to by no means surrender and combat for each ball.”
Norrie’s exit means Andy Murray – who gained his extraordinary second-round match at 04:05 native time earlier on Friday – and Dan Evans are the one British gamers remaining in both singles draw.
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