19-year-old American talent Learner Tien hands Cameron Norrie Moselle Open deciding heartbreak

Cameron Norrie suffered final heartbreak at the Moselle Open in Metz to conclude the ATP season as 19-year-old American Learner Tien captured his first ATP title.

The Brit blew a golden opportunity to win a sixth ATP Tour title as he lost out 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) with deciding set heartache for Norrie. It comes a year after Norrie lost out in the final also against Benjamin Bonzi and had been hoping to go one better this time around and came close to winning through.

The British No.2 fought back from a set down and then 1-4 in the deciding set to lead 5-1 in the tie-break as he looked like he was going to win the title only for Tien to turn it around and win 8-6. Albeit Norrie who suffered a ranking plummet has turned it around and getting to the final also means he will be a seed next year at the Australian Open.

After losing the first set, Norrie came back to confidently take the second 6-3. The deciding set went to the wire after Norrie fell behind. He was hanging on when Tien forced two break points leading 4-1 but Norrie managed to hang on and looked likely to win the tie. Three games in a row went Norrie's way.

Norrie was two points from defeat in the 10th game but he made it 5-5. Tien won the next game but a thrilling decider was set as Norrie had to fight for it from there. He held serve to take it the full distance and got a mini-break to kick off the tie-break. Only for Tien to hit back. He handed another mini break to Norrie as the pressure started to get to him. He led 5-1 at one point but Tien finally found his footing smashing a return past Norrie and not having as much of a tentative approach to the end of the game.

He fought to championship point only for Norrie to defend it albeit Norrie's serve was tested one last time and buckled as TIen converted to seize the title.