He ensured a decider by breaking in the final game of the set. It then felt like he had a mountain to climb when he was broken in his opening service game of the deciding set but, such had been the nature of the match to date, it never quite seemed like the end. Sure enough, he broke straight back in the very next game and, when he held serve to go 2-1 up, it was the first time he had led since the early exchanges of set one. Norrie sensed an opportunity at 5-4 ahead when Zverev double faulted with his opening serve but, in truth, the German looked the stronger player on serve in that set.
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