Summary

  • Day five of the Battle of the Brits charity tournament behind closed doors

  • Kyle Edmund beats Cameron Norrie 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 10-8 in semi-finals

  • Earlier, Dan Evans beat Andy Murray 1-6 6-3 10-8 to reach the final

  • Doubles final between Evans/Lloyd Glasspool and Jamie Murray/Neal Skupski after the singles

  1. Postpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Iain Carter
    BBC Sport commentator

    That's the best rally I've seen in the match and possibly even the tournament.

  2. Postpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Edmund 2-1 Norrie*

    What a point! Both players are running back and forth on the baseline, then Norrie proves Matt Little's point about all his running. He sprints forwards to the net and taps a volley over to finish things.

  3. Postpublished at 15:36 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Edmund 2-1 Norrie*

    Matt Little, who seems to have data on all the players' movements this week, is back on Amazon Prime with some stats:

    "Cam is the highest average metres per point out of all four semi-finalists. Kyle is the least metres per point.

    "Cam makes the highest intensity moves as well."

    I think this means Norrie runs round a lot?

  4. Edmund holdspublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Edmund 2-1 Norrie*

    Edmund is going with the Andy Murray tactic of 'serve loads of aces'. It's not a bad shout, should work quite well. Though Murray did lose of course...

    Two unreturnable serves bring him to 40-0. He stutters slightly with a forehand into the net, but quickly wraps up the hold.

  5. Norrie holdspublished at 15:32 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    *Edmund 1-1 Norrie

    Norrie swings his serve left then slams a forehand right to hold. Solid nerve from the younger player early on.

  6. Break point savedpublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Edmund 1-0 Norrie*

    Norrie saves the first break point with an ace and the second is saved as Edmund's shot lands just long. Deuce.

  7. Break point Edmundpublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Edmund 1-0 Norrie*

    It's been a ferocious start from Edmund. He fires a few more forehands at Norrie and has two break points.

  8. Edmund holdspublished at 15:27 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Edmund 1-0 Norrie*

    Edmund slams a 92mph forehand winner down the line and another so-fast-you-can't-see-it forehand seals his first hold of serve.

    edmundImage source, Getty Images
  9. Postpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    *Edmund 0-0 Norrie

    There's an early double fault for Edmund, immediately followed by a second-serve ace.

    He comes to the net to pick up a drop-shot, but can't quite get it over. A forehand lands long and it's deuce. We could be in for another battle a la Evans v Murray by the looks of things.

    *Denotes next server

  10. Postpublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Edmund v Norrie

    Edmund won the toss and opted to serve first. The players finish their warm-ups and return to the courtside benches.

  11. Postpublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Edmund v Norrie

    Edmund could be a little fatigued coming into this one. He's a die-hard Liverpool fan and was up until 2am on the night they won the title apparently.

    Kyle Edmund sits with three Liverpool shirtsImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 15:14 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Edmund v Norrie

    The players are already out on court. We're informed that Norrie is a Newcastle United fan and that Edmund has had a strenuous fitness regime during lockdown.

    Good facts.

  13. Postpublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Edmund v Norrie

    The other semi-final could be a very close run affair too.

    It's British number two, Edmund, against British number three, Norrie.

    Edmund is ranked 44th in the world and Norrie is 77th.

    Kyle Edmund hits a forehandImage source, Getty Images
  14. Postpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Evans 1-6 6-3 10-8 Murray

    Evans has still got to play again today. He's in the doubles final later with Lloyd Glasspool. They're playing Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski.

    But before that, we have Kyle Edmund v Cameron Norrie in the other singles semi-final.

  15. 'I hung in there' - Evanspublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Evans 1-6 6-3 10-8 Murray

    More from Evans:

    "I was surprised how well he was executing. I wasn't too down going to the chair after the first set, I just needed to change a few things.

    "He was playing big tennis on the break points. I stuck with it. You always know with Andy he's going to come out with top tennis.

    "I hung in there and that's how it goes sometimes."

  16. 'It came down to the big points' - Evanspublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Evans 1-6 6-3 10-8 Murray

    Dan Evans said on Amazon Prime:

    "I started to come forward a bit more on my slice especially.

    "He did a lot good in the first set. In the end it came down to the big points.

    "I got a little lucky today but I'm just happy to come through."

  17. Postpublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Evans 1-6 6-3 10-8 Murray

    Evans and Murray tap racquets at the net, observing social distancing, before the British number one collapses onto the bench in delight/exhaustion.

    Murray gathers his things and heads straight off the court.

  18. game, set and match

    Game, set and match Evanspublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Evans 1-6 6-3 10-8 Murray

    And he seals it with a sublime backhand winner down the line!

  19. Postpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    *Evans 1-6 6-3 9-8 Murray

    Murray saves the first match point with an ace, but now it's Evans to serve.

  20. Match point Evanspublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 27 June 2020

    Evans 1-6 6-3 9-7 Murray*

    The match clock is approaching two hours and it shows as Murray hooks a forehand way wide to give Evans a mini-break. 9-7.

    Two match points.