pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cameron-norrie/n771/overview'Cameron Norrie/arsquo;s trademark resilience and fight is coming to the fore this week at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/metz/341/overview'Moselle Open/a./p
pThe 29-year-old overcame a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/zizou-bergs/bu13/overview'Zizou Bergs/a 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-1 on Thursday to book his spot in a 25th tour-level semi-final. Norrie let slip two match points in the second-set tie-break, but dialled back in to win his third consecutive deciding-set clash./p
pldquo;It was a really good match, hersquo;s a great player who has had a really good year,rdquo; Norrie said of Bergs, who is at a career-high of No. 61 in the PIF ATP Rankings. ldquo;Itrsquo;s a great win for me, I had to fight hard. I really should have had [the match] in that tie-break, but he played bigger than me and took a bit more risk.rdquo;/p
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p class="twitter-tweet"Norrie's 2024 season was derailed by a forearm injury, but the Briton is showing signs of promise at the indoor hard-court ATP 250 in Metz. With his two-hour, eight-minute win, Norrie is into his first semi-final on hard courts since Auckland 2023.nbsp;/p
pIt appeared as if the momentum was shifting when Bergs reeled off four consecutive points to steal the second set. Norrie, however, shook off the setback to produce a clinical deciding set, during which he won 86 per cent (12/14) of points behind his first serve, according to Infosys ATP Stats. It marked the second match in as many days that he has prevailed in the final set with a scoreline of 6-1.nbsp;/p
pldquo;I was not that happy after losing the second set, but I managed to reset," Norrie added. "I got a bit fortunate with a couple of let cords that went my way, but Irsquo;ll take a bit of luck when I can. In the third set, I went back to dictating play and really moving him around, I think that was the difference today.rdquo;/p
pVying for a spot in the championship match, Norrie will face Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/corentin-moutet/mw02/overview'Corentin Moutet/a, who advanced straight to the last four after top seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a was forced to retire from the main draw through injury.nbsp;/p
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pIn an all-French affair, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/benjamin-bonzi/bm95/overview'Benjamin Bonzi/a continued his stellar run of form by outclassing a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/quentin-halys/hb64/overview'Quentin Halys/a 6-3, 7-6(1). The qualifier, who has not dropped a set all week, has now won 19 of his previous 20 matches at all levels./p
pThe 28-year-old, who toppled World No. 7 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a for the biggest win of his career in the second round, is into his third ATP Tour semi-final on home soil. After improving to 2-0 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Halys, Bonzi will face #NextGenATP star a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a for a spot in the final./p
pMichelsen, who is second in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, rallied to defeat a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yunchaokete-bu/y09v/overview" target="_blank"Buyunchaokete/a 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-4 and advance to his fourth tour-level semi-final.nbsp;/p
