Match Report
Norrie returns to Metz final, meets Tien in title decider
British lefty reaches 16th tour-level final
November 07, 2025
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Cameron Norrie celebrates his win against Lorenzo Sonego on Friday in Metz.
By Sam Jacot
Cameron Norrie returned to the Moselle Open final on Friday, when he overcame Italian Lorenzo Sonego 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
The British lefty lost in the final in Metz in 2024 but will have another shot at lifting the trophy on Saturday following a hard-fought comeback win against Sonego. Norrie knocked at the door in the third set against Sonego and eventually broke through in the 10th game of the set when he converted on his sixth break point of the decider.
“Always a battle when I play Lorenzo, I have a lot of respect for him,” Norrie said. “He is so passionate about tennis and he showed that he came to fight and we both fought today and I was really happy with my level in the third set. I was playing free and had a lot of support from the crowd.”
Into his 16th tour-level final and first since Metz last season, the seventh seed is chasing his sixth tour-level crown. His last triumph came in Rio de Janeiro in 2023. The 30-year-old is currently No. 27 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings and is set to end the season inside the Top 30, having been as low as No. 91 in May.
Norrie enjoyed an impressive second half of the season. The former Indian Wells champion reached the semi-finals in Geneva and then the fourth round at Roland Garros. A quarter-final showing at Wimbledon followed and he upset Carlos Alcaraz at the Rolex Paris Masters last week for the biggest win of his career.
Norrie will face #NextGenATP star Learner Tien in the final after improving to 3-1 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series against Sonego. The Italian finishes the year holding a 30-24 record, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index.
Tien reached his second tour-level final of the season with a 6-1, 6-4 victory against Ukranian lucky loser Vitaliy Sachko.
The 19-year-old #NextGenATP star dictated throughout the 58 minutes on court, pulling Sachko from side to side with his clean timing and clever angles. Tien joins Joao Fonseca as the second teenager to reach multiple tour-level finals in 2025.
Last month, the American advanced to the championship match in Beijing, where he lost to Jannik Sinner. Tien is up to No. 31 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, having started the season outside the Top 120.
