Cameron Norrie advances in Barcelona Open with walkover win

British number one Cameron Norrie progressed to the third round of the Barcelona Open with a walkover victory over France's Hugo Mayot in their second-round battle.

A gripping contest had just entered a third set, as Mayot recovered from losing a first-set tie-breaker to level the match at 6-7[3] 7-6[6] thanks to wasted opportunities from Norrie.

However, just two points into the decider, the world number 116 was forced to call it a night, sending Norrie through to a third-round showdown with either Roberto Bautista Agut or Andrea Vavassori.

On the back of a disappointing first-round exit to Karen Khachanov at the Monte Carlo Masters, Norrie squandered a whopping four match points in his opening Barcelona affair with Mayot, who sits . . .