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Cameron Norrie defeats Jose Hernandez-Fernandez at Lyon Open

Alexander Netherton

Updated 22/05/2018 at 07:33 GMT

Cameron Norrie qualified for the second round of the Lyon Open after defeating the Dominican Republic's Jose Hernandez-Fernandez 7-6 (7-5) 6-1.

Cameron Norrie

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The straight-sets victory saw the British number three, ranked 102nd in the world, ease past his 266th-ranked opponent.
21-year-old Norrie was much more assured in the second set as he was able to get more consistency from his serve.
His opponent in the second round will be the Germany Maximilian Marterer, who defeated Gael Monfils 2-6 6-4 6-4 in his first round tie.
There was good news in the qualifying of the French Open, as 19-year-old Briton Jay Clarke beat India's Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3 5-7 6-1 to set up a tie with the Australian Bernard Tomic in the third round,
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