ATP Tour news: Cameron Norrie and Carlos Alcaraz through in Argentina

The world number 12 needed to fight back from behind to see off the local favourite Facundo Diaz Acosta 4-6 7-5 7-6(6) in Buenos Aires.

Norrie, the second seed, will now face another Argentinian in Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the quarter-finals.

Top seed and former world number one Carlos Alcaraz was successful in his long-awaited comeback on Wednesday night.

The US Open champion, who was forced to miss the Australian Open through injury, battled past Serbian Laslo Djere 6-2 4-6 6-2.

The 19-year-old Spaniard has not played since November and recently lost top spot in the rankings to veteran Novak Djokovic.

"It's a great feeling to win again," Alcaraz said, in post-match comments carried by tennis.com.

"It's been a long time for me, no competition and no matches, just recovery. And finally I got my first win of 2023."

Alcaraz will next face another Serbian in Dusan Lajovic, who suffered a straight-sets loss in the pair's only previous meeting in the second round of last year's Australian Open.

In Rotterdam, world number five Andrey Rublev lost 6-4 6-4 to Australian Alex De Minaur at the ABN AMRO Open.

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