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 will play 19-year-old Learner Tien in Saturday’s final, following the American’s straight-set win over Vitaliy Sachko.
