Cameron Norrie vs Casper Ruud: Live score and updates from Australian Open: Last Brit standing WINS the third set to close in on the fourth round

What a treat this match has been!

Norrie breaks Ruud to win the third set 6-4 and he’s one set away from the next round of the Australian Open.

He fired a brilliant backhand through to go 40-30 up and fist pumped the crowd before winning the set point!

Huge point from both players. Norrie puts up a lofted ball for Ruud who makes no mistake on his own serve putting it away to win the first point.

After his earlier error, Norrie hits back once again, returning with a stunning back hand to level the playing field. It’s only fine margins separating both players right now.

We’ve got a bit of a break in play here as Norrie contends with the umpire after it seemed his foot had crossed the baseline on his own serve…

Looks like the game will go on though, with Norrie claiming the next point to go 40-15.

He sees out the game with Ruud unable to hit back on his serve taking the game to 5-4.

Great tennis from Ruud. He closes out the game after taking a 40-15 lead, utilising his huge service to hold off the Brit’s offences.

But who’s the favourite to win this one? And did Norrie miss an opportunity to go two sets up at that tie break?

The momentum has fully turned against Ruud again!

I was just about to say the Norwegian has really found his groove, but Norrie has turned a sharp corner to claim the first point against Ruud’s service.

It’s neck-and-neck here, with Norrie sitting on 42 winners while Ruud is up to 43.

This match is certainly going to go down to the wire.

Norrie holds the next game! He’s flying through on his own serve with that lasting less than two minutes – and I can barely keep up!

What a recovery from Norrie!

The earlier break from Ruud looked like it could be a pivotal momeent in the match.

But the story so far has been Norrie’s resilience and he breaks back on hs opponent immediately!

Ruud is furious with himself having lost the lead, but what a game from the British No 1.

Lovely piece of play from Norrie. He pulls Ruud to the net and sends him out wide before coming to finish off the point with a lovely back-hand towards the left side of the court.

Here’s how Ruud bounced back against the British No 1. He’s racked up a whopping 14 aces so far in this match and there’s no wonder why Norrie said his service was ‘underrated’.

Ruud gets his first break!

Norrie goes for the serve and then the volley but can’t beat him.

It’s a brilliant bit of work from Ruud who’s starting to show his class now, after his opponent had saved a whopping eight break points.

Could this be a momentum change in the game?

It’s been a tough week for British tennis stars at the tournament this week, but Norrie is playing some fantastic tennis here.

He’s the last UK player standing in the tournament with Emma Raducanu, Jack Draper and Katie Boulter all crashing out at the Australian Open.

Draper was also seen looking unwell after his win against Marcos Giron earlier this week. Recap on all the action below!

Wow that was sensational from Ruud!

He pulls back against Norrie’s offences to win the tie break 7-9 and claim the second set!

Ruud gets a set point – but Norrie answers with a monster of a serve to save the point with the Norwegian firing into the net.

All-square in the tie break. Ruud brilliantly puses Norrie out wide, with the Brit sending his return into the net!

We’ve had some mamouth tie breaks ath the Australian Open so far, could this be one of them?

Norrie will be ruing that point after the game.

He narrowly misses out on the second set with Ruud firing a shot out of play.

Set point!

He comes to the net again and fires a back hand to Ruud and the Norwegian just can’t return.

Norrie pulls ahead again but Ruud is not letting him get away with it.

The Brit is just two away from taking a commanding lead in the match.

Norrie gets another point and the crowd goes wild!

The crowd are fully invested in this match and we’ve spotted fans from both the UK and Norway around the John Cain Arena.

Okay so we’re into a tie break n the second set.

Ruud clinched the first point before Norrie hit back to pick up a point of his own.

He’s just forced Ruud to hit the ball into the net and responded with a pinpoint forehand to the left side of the court to make it 3-2.

This is tense!

It’s been a busy morning for Cam Norrie!

If you’re waking up in the UK, you’ve missed a brilliant morning of tennis from the Brit.

After a slow start, the Brit rallied against Casper Ruud to win the first set.

Ruud has challenged his opponent several times on his own serve, but Norrie has remarkably held out, saving a whopping eight break points so far.

Where it’s mattered, Norrie has been brilliant in the big points, and he’s shown some class at the net, playing some skillful shots to hit back against his opponent.

We’re now into a tie break in the second set though! Follow along here for all the latest updates!

Sensational stuff, Norrie fends off his opponents advances yet again!

Ruud pulls him forward and Norrie shows his brillance to win his 17th point at the net with a quite sublime piece of skill sending the crowd wild.

Norrie’s up to 24 winners while Ruud has 25 so far. It’s going to be a close one this!

Some class under pressure from the Brit, who forces Ruud out wide, before he saves the point, hitting the ball into the air.

Norrie cooly smashes the ball down the court to take the game to 40-30.

But Ruud holds out. It’s clinical from the Norwegian who fends off his opponent’s advances.

Norrie’s back on serve now but his opponent’s taken the lead, going 30-0 up.

Norrie fights back! His ability to read the game is excellent, moving at the right time to fire back on a forehand from Ruud to take the game to deuce.

Despite Ruud’s excellent service game, Norrie’s movements around the court are troubling him and he fires back at Ruud with two excellent shots to give himself another chance to break the Norwegian.

Another ace for Ruud – nothing can separate the two on service here.

The Norwegian is now up to eight aces for the match.

Norrie holds again!

That game only lasted one minute and 15 seconds. What a way to send a message to your opponent.

Another comfortable hold for Ruud.

Speaking ahead of the match, Norrie admitted to Sky Sports that he wanted to make things uncomfortable for Ruud, who’s bested him in their last three meetings.

He also added that he felt Ruud’s serve was underrated – well we’re certainly seeing how good the Norwegian is off the baseline today!

He’s beaten me a few times in some really big matches. I’m going to look at those matches and see where I can improve.

I think a lot of the time was down to execution, him staying a bit calmer than me in the bigger moments. Every time I played him, he served really, really well. I think his serve is quite underrated.

This could be a key point in the match. After his early advances Norrie has just pulled the set back to 3-3 holding on his own serve.

Ruud is now back on the baseline and again is showing his brilliance on his own serve.

Seems like we’ve reached a bit of a stalemate with both players struggling to find a breakthrough on the oponents service.

There’s plenty of support inside the John Cain arena for the British No 1.

Ruud’s back on service here and Norrie is battlng again.

But Ruud holds on his own serve despite Norrie’s advances.

He’s hit five aces so far in this match to his opponents seven and has only made one double fault so far.

Norrie is just not backing down at the big moments!

He remarkably saves the game again, winning the game with a backhand across court.

This is a tough one for Ruud too, he’s throwing everything at Norrie, but the confidence his opponent is showing when it matters is superb.

Looking at the stat’s, I’m a little baffled why Ruud isn’t up on the scoreboard here. He’s hit 18 winners and made just eight unforced errors.

But how long can Norrie sustain this?

Norrie saves his EIGHTH break point of the match.

Wow, this is unbelievable – he sends the crowd wild as he pulls the game back to deuce with a brilliant save in the middle of the court.

He’s also up to 17 winners – can he pull this one back?

This could be dangerous for Norrie.

Ruud has played brilliantly in this game and has the chance to break the British No 1.

But Norrie holds off his advances… for now at least. He forces Ruud to play his shot into the net to make it 15-40.

His shot goes a little wayward into the crowd and it hits a member of the audience watching on!

Thankfully everyone is okay and the audience member laughs as the ball struck her.

A potential threat to his serve comes yet again but Norrie is resilient.

He holds out to Ruud’s advances to win the game at deuce with a firey shot from the baseline.

One thing that is a little concerning right now for Norrie is that he’s made 12 unforced errors so far. Comparitively Ruud has closed out several games to love on his own service.

Norrie will perhaps need to be a little more clinical to stop the 25-year-old’s advances on his own serve.

After her defeat to Chna’s Yafan Wang, Raducanu has admitted that she is prepared to compete in lower-level events.

It comes as she made her return at a Grand Slam since a long lay-off with injury.

The former US Open champion lost 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to China‘s Yafan Wang in the Australian Open‘s second round on Thursday but sits at around 300th in the WTA rankings.

‘I really believe that the level in these quote “lower-level tournaments” and these tournaments is not that big,’ Raducanu said on Thursday.

‘Because you gain so many skills, you’re playing in these conditions, the wind here was a prime example. My opponent (Wang) played a lot of ITF and got a lot of matches under her belt, but the level really isn’t that different. I would play whatever suits my schedule, whatever suits the plan.’She said

How good is Casper Ruud’s service!

He’s just hit his fifth ace of the match with a belting strike to close out the game to love.

Norrie could perhaps change up his return positioning, at the moment Ruud seems to have the better of him on his first service.

Norrie wins the first set!

He’s made to work for it but he makes good the advantage jumping nto a forehand to smash his way past the Norwegian.

What a start from the British No 1 who’s defended FIVE break points!

Ruud holds Norrie to deuce as the Brit looks to take the first set.

And he pushes Norrie right to the limit with Norrie just about managing to wrestle the point off Ruud, forcing his opponent to send his return out of play to win advantage.

Ruud takes the ninth game and pulls it back to 5-4.

Interestingly, Ruud hasn’t played poorly today but that costly break earlier has put a dent in his stride.

The Norwegian has hit nine winners to his opponent’s 12 so far in the first game – an impressive return, but he’ll have to do better as Norrie looks to take the first set in the next game.

Can he come back?

Ruud pulls a game back and he is strong on service – despite being broken early he does have a belter of a serve that Norrie is struggling to fire back on.

But Norrie is playing really well here and perhaps is a little buoyed by his comeback win earlier this week…

Yes he can! Norrie goes 4-2 up!

After a poor start to the match Norrie is really in control now, he gives a big fist-pump to the crowd after playing a lovely volley down the middle of the court – which Ruud just can’t quite reach.

Norrie really has command of the match now!

What a rally!

Norrie even clipped one around the net to pull the game back to deuce.

I think this match will go the distance…

The British No 1 pulls back the advantage, can he go 4-2 up?

Advantage goes to Ruud!

Ruud pulls him to the net before striping a shot down towards the left side of the court to win the point.

First Ace from the British No 1!

It’s a belter as well with Norrie firing a huge 197km/h Ace past his opponent.

We’ll go to deuce!

Ruud hits back!

He cruises through the next game to bring things back to 3-2.

Their last meeting came back in Miami in 2022 where Ruud defeated the Brit in straight sets.

Here’s the tale of the tape between the pair…

Norrie capitalises on the break!

Some smart play from the British No 1 sees him pull Ruud to the net and Ruud can’t find an answer to his well-timed drop shot!

He goes 3-1 up! A great start from the Brit who has never beaten his opponent.

Norrie’s back on serve here and he’s getting a bit of thythm here.

Dictating play once again, the Brit is taking more control of the rallies firing back at Ruud’s thumping back hand before forcing him to hit the net.

Norrie breaks Ruud!

An excellent start for the 28-year-old! After giving Ruud a point back with a wild backhand, Norrie forces the error against his opponent to take the first break!

Ruud interestingly has spend the most time out on court this week compared to his opponent, having played five hours and 56 minutes of tennis, compared to Norrie’s five hours and 51 minutes.

Norrie hits back again!

He’s gone 30-0 up against Ruud’s ferocious serve, sweeping him away with an excellent forehand!

Norrie wins the game and pulls level!

A good start from the Brit after going 1-0 down.

But Ruud is back on service, and is a towering presence off the baseline.

Norrie starts his service game but Ruud responds well to his toweering serve.

He bounces back to bring Ruud to the net with a lovely drop shot and the Norwegian can’t tip the ball over the Brit to the back of the court giving him a 30-15 lead in the game.

The next exchange is a tense one and the first long rally of the match. Norrie moves his opponent around the court, pulling him from one tramline to the next before tapping a deft shot down the left flank of the court to win the point.

A great start from Ruud. He takes the first three points to go 40-0 up.

Norrie pulls a point back but it’s not going to be enough with Ruud looking strong on service, he takes the first game.

It’s Ruud to serve to Norrie first!

And he gets off to a fast start, picking up the first point after a wild forehand back from Norrie.

Ruud has had a very similar tournament to Norrie thus far, beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the first round of the tournament in three sets

Despite that he had to battle hard to defeat Australian Max Purcell in front of a partisan crowd at the Margaret Court Arena.

It was a Thursday thriller with the Norwegian outlasting his opponent in the gruelling heat to win 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7).

And the match was every bit as exciting as the score says, with Ruud looking exasperated after the tie having clinched the victory.

There’s a big crowd here inside the John Cain arena for this match – which is set to be a big one!

The players are now out on court and have just completed the coin toss.

Norrie will want to get off to a better start here today as he looks to claim his first win against Ruud.

Speaking on his opponent Ruud said to EuroSport, ‘He is going to try and seek revenge’ after the pair have met three times in the past on the hard courts.

We’ve just watched a huge match between Hubert Hurkacz and Ugo Humbert, with the Polish tennis star coming back from going a set down to defeat his opponent 6-3 1-6 6-7 (4-7) 3-6.

Meanwhile, Carlos Alcaraz booked his place in the next round of the tournament after Juncheng Shang retired with injury during their third round match.

The world No 2 will take on Miomir Kecmanovic in the fourth round after he beat Tommy Paul over five sets.

Hows this for a shot from Alcaraz!

Can Norrie book his place in the next round?

Barring a small blip in the second round, he’s looked solid so far in Australia after beating Juan Pablo Varillas in three sets in the opening round before coming back after going two sets down to Giulio Zeppieri in his last match on Friday.

Norrie would rally in the third set to dominate the Italian, winning all three of the remaining sets.

He comes into the tournament seeded at 19th having been beaten by Alejandro Tabilo in the quarter finals of the ATP 250 in Auckland prior to the Grand Slam.

Can the British No 1 book his place in the next round?

Good morning and weclome to our live coverage of Cameron Norrie’s third round clash against Casper Ruud at the Rod Laver Arena!

This is set to be a huge clash between two of the tournament’s biggest hitters with the last Brit left standing in both the men’s and women’s singles.

Norrie takes on 11th seed Ruud, a player who he has never beaten before and should he win, he’ll gain a berth in the last 16 of the Australian Open for the first time in his career.

Play is due to start at around 6am GMT (5pm Melbourne time) so stay with us as we bring you all the latest news, updates and commentary live from Melbourne!