Rublev upset in Vienna, Zverev hangs on to defeat Fearnley

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ATP500 THE VIENNA OPEN, FIRST ROUND SHOWS: VIENNA, AUSTRIA (OCTOBER 21, 2025) (ATP MEDIA / IMG – See restrictions before use) CAMERON NORRIE (BRITAIN) V ANDREY RUBLEV (BLUE) 1ST SET 1. NORRIE WITH BACKHAND WINNER  2. RUBLEV RETURNING INTO THE NET ON SET POINT 2ND SET 3. RUBLEV HITTING BACKHAND CROSS COURT WINNER  4. SET POINT – NORRIE RETURNING SERVE LONG, RUBLEV WINS SET 3RD SET 5. NORRIE HITTING FOREHAND WINNER  6. MATCH POINT – RUBLEV HITTING FOREHAND LONG, NORRIE WINS 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2 / PLAYERS WALKING TO NET, SHAKING HANDS / NORRIE WAVING TO CROWD ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GERMANY) V JACOB FEARNLEY (BRITAIN) 1ST SET 7. FEARNLEY CAN'T RETURN ZVEREV SERVE, ZVEREV WINS SET 6-4 2ND SET 8. AFTER LONG RALLY, FEARNLEY WITH BACKHAND WINNER TO WIN GAME AND GO UP 3-0 3RD SET 9. FEARNLEY WITH VOLLEY WINNER TO WIN GAME AND FORCE TIEBREAKER 10. ZVEREV WITH VOLLEY WINNER TO WIN TIEBREAKER AND MATCH 6-4 2-6 7-6(5) 11. ZVEREV WAVING TO CROWD FILIP MISOLIC (AUSTRIA / WHITE) V CAMILO UGO CARABELLI (ARGENTINA / BLACK) 1ST SET 12. MISOLIC WITH NICE BACKHAND DROPSHOT TO GO TO DEUCE 2ND SET 13. UGO CARABELLI WITH NICE RETURN BUT MISOLIC WINS POINT AND MATCH 7-5 7-6(6), UGO CARABELLI GETTING OFF COURT AND SHAKING HANDS 14. MISOLIC WAVING TO CROWD TOMAS MARTIN ETCHEVERRY (ARGENTINA) V NICOLAI BUDKOV KJAER (DENMARK / WHITE) 2ND SET 15. MATCH POINT – BUDKOV KJAER HITTING LONG AND ETCHEVERRY WINS SET AND MATCH / ETCHEVERRY HITTING BALL INTO CROWD AND PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS FRANCISCO CERUNDOLO (ARGENTINA / BLACK) V ALEX MICHELSEN (U.S.) 2ND SET 16. MATCH POINT – MICHELSEN HITTING FOREHAND OUT AND CERUNDOLO WINS SET AND MATCH 17. REPLAY SHOWING SHOT LANDED WELL OUT 18. WIDE OF CERUNDOLO AND MICHELSEN SHAKING HANDS AND WALKING OFF COURT STORY: Great Britain's Cameron Norrie pulled off the upset of the first round Tuesday (October 21) in Vienna, Austria, with a 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2 victory over Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev, while No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev avoided an early exit. Norrie broke Rublev's serve in the second game of the third set, then broke again to advance on his first match point. Zverev dropped the second set but held on to win a third set tiebreaker for a 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5) victory over Great Britain's Jacob Fearnley. There were also wins for Austrian wild card Filip Misolic against Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli (7-5 7-6(6), and Italian fourth seed Lorenzo Musetti, who brushed aside Hamad Medjedovic in straight sets, 6-4 6-3. Musetti will face Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the Round of 16, the Argentine easing to a straight sets victory against Nicolai Budkov Kjaer, 6-3 6-3. There was also a win for Francisco Cerundolo, beating Alex Michelsen 6-3 6-1. (Production: David Grip, Kurt Michael Hall, Joseph Andrews)

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