Cameron Norrie claims best major win of career against Casper Ruud

Cameron Norrie broke new ground in Melbourne with a different game style, charging to the net at every opportunity to overwhelm the No 11 seed, Casper Ruud, for his best grand-slam victory.

For the first time at the Australian Open and only the third time in his 25 appearances at a major, the British No 1 and No 19 seed has reached the fourth round. Often he has played below par at the sport’s biggest tournaments but here he rose to the occasion magnificently with a 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 6-3 win in three hours and three minutes.

This is quite a turnaround for a player who admitted this time last week that he had some concern about the left wrist injury that had forced