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British number one Cameron Norrie avoided a shock defeat by Facundo Diaz Acosta as he fought back to reach the quarter-finals at the Argentina Open.<\/span><\/p>\n Norrie was on the brink of exiting the tournament but broke back as home favourite Diaz Acosta, ranked 191st in the world, served for the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n World number 12 Norrie eventually edged a close deciding set in a tie-break to win 4-6 7-5 7-6 (8-6) in Buenos Aires.<\/span><\/p>\n The Briton meets another Argentine, Tomas Martin Etcheverry, next.<\/span><\/p>\n Norrie, 27, had trailed 3-1 and 5-3 as he was broken twice in the second set – but after taking the crucial ninth game the Wimbledon semi-finalist won three more without reply to force a decider.<\/span><\/p>\n He then had to stage another fightback in the tie-break, Norrie recovering from 4-1 behind to clinch his second match point and progress.<\/span><\/p>\n Norrie, who helped Great Britain <\/span>reach the Davis Cup Finals<\/span><\/a> in Colombia earlier in February, received a bye in the first round at the ATP 250 event.<\/span><\/p>\n World number two Carlos Alcaraz made a winning return from injury by defeating Serbia’s Laslo Djere.<\/span><\/p>\n Spaniard Alcaraz, 19, won 6-2 4-6 6-2 win over world number 57 Djere under the lights in Buenos Aires. It was his first victory since suffering an abdominal injury at the Paris Masters in November. <\/span><\/p>\n “It’s been a long time for me with no competition, with no matches, just recovering,” said Alcaraz, who pulled out of the Australian Open because of a leg injury and lost the number one ranking to Novak Djokovic.<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, part-time player Matija Pecotic has bowed out of the Delray Beach Open in Florida. <\/span><\/p>\n The 33-year-old Croatian said he was going to <\/span>“have to ask for another day off”<\/span><\/a> from his full-time job in finance after a shock win against former world number eight Jack Sock.<\/span><\/p>\n