Cameron Norrie

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Norrie Survives Rune Scare In Cincinnati

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Ninth seed improves to 38-18 on the season
Cameron Norrie survived a major scare from #NextGenATP Dane Holger Rune to reach the second round at the Western & Southern Open for the first time Monday.

In a hard-fought clash, the Briton showcased a mixture of grit and quality as soaked up Rune's powerful groundstrokes, while he penetrated the 19-year-old's defences with his aggressive forehand to triumph 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4 after two hours and 34 minutes in Cincinnati.

Norrie, who is making his third appearance at the ATP Masters 1000 event, now leads the 19-year-old 2-0 in their ATP Head2Head series, having defeated the World No. 29 en route to his fourth tour-level title in Lyon in May. The 26-year-old will face former World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka or countryman Andy Murray in a standout second-round match.

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The ninth seed will be aiming for a deep run in Ohio as he looks to strengthen his chances of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals in November. Norrie is currently 14th in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin, but could climb quickly with strong results at the hard-court event.

Rune, who advanced to the second round in Montreal last week, was making his debut in Cincinnati. The Dane has enjoyed a breakthrough season, highlighted by his first tour-level title in Munich. The 19-year-old is currently fourth in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Milan as he looks to qualify for the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals for a second consecutive year.

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Norrie Edges Murray In Cincinnati

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Felix eases past De Minaur to reach third round at ATP Masters 1000 event

Cameron Norrie outlasted his fellow Briton Andy Murray in an engrossing battle of attrition Wednesday in Cincinnati, where the ninth seed triumphed 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the pair’s second-round clash at the Western & Southern Open.

Neither player was able to take control for any significant period during the tight two-hour, 38-minute encounter in Ohio, but it was Norrie who found something extra in the closing stages as two-time champion Murray began to struggle physically in the Cincinnati heat. A solitary break late in both the second and third sets was enough for Norrie to secure his first win against Murray and his 39th tour-level win of the year.

“I just needed to put a lot of balls in the court,” said Norrie after levelling his ATP Head2Head series against Murray at 1-1. “At the start of the match nothing was really working for me, I was not really being physical, I was not really executing how I liked.

“Credit to Andy, he came out and was using his slice a lot, coming forward well. He reads the game incredibly, so credit to him and it was not easy towards the end, I managed just to find a way.”


A match of fine margins was defined by some pivotal moments, most notably when Murray pushed a routine backhand volley wide when he had break point in the opening game of the second set. Norrie made no mistake when his opportunities came, breaking in the eighth game of the second set and the ninth game of the third as his consistency from deep ensured the Murray delivery was frequently under pressure.

“Honestly, I turned away and I thought the volley was on the line, but it’s just those moments," said Norrie, who prevailed despite striking one fewer winners (33) than his opponent. "There were a couple in the second and third set as well, when he had a couple of break chances, and then I was able to play the bigger points a little bit better. It came down to one or two points and that was the difference.”

Norrie will next face fifth seed Casper Ruud or American wild card Ben Shelton in Cincinnati, where he fell in the opening round in two previous appearances. The 26-year-old claimed his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells last year, and Norrie now holds a 12-6 match record at the elite level in 2022.

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The Spaniard will next face ninth seed Cameron Norrie, who ended the dream debut of Ben Shelton with a 6-0, 6-2 win on Thursday evening.

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ATP Cincy22: 3. ćwierćfinał M-1000.

[9] Cameron Norrie d. [WC] Ben Shelton 6-0 6-2

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Norrie Nullifies Alcaraz's Electric Charge In Cincy QFs

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Briton earns first win against Alcaraz in fourth try
Former college star Cameron Norrie has played the role of professor this week at the Western & Southern Open, schooling three 19-year-olds on his way to the Cincinnati semi-finals. In Friday's quarter-finals, he gave third seed Carlos Alcaraz a lesson in staying the course as he answered the Spaniard's comeback bid with a turnaround of his own in a 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 6-4 victory.

Norrie, who also beat teens Holger Rune and Ben Shelton this week, surrendered a 4-1 lead in the second set before battling back from 1-3 down in the decider with an unflinching performance in the face of the Spaniard's charge.

"That was unbelievable," Norrie said after the three-hour thriller. "Credit to Carlos. I was up a set and a break, 4-1, and I kind of lost a little bit of vision. I was thinking a little bit too much about the finish line rather than focussing on how I was winning points and I honestly got a little bit tight and he raised his level, didn't give me anything."

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Regarded as one of the fittest players on Tour, Norrie relied on that strength to turn the third set around as he advanced to his second ATP Masters 1000 semi-final.

"I just wanted to hang tough with him and I think the only place I had him better was the legs and the physicality," he continued. "So I was just trying to make every rally as physical as I could and make it tough for him to finish points."

While Alcaraz was below his best for stretches of the evening, he produced one of the points of the season at 5/4 in the second-set tie-break. The electric exchange sparked the 19-year-old into life, but Norrie never folded even as the momentum swelled across the net.


While the Briton did not play the flashy brand of tennis that Alcaraz used to beat him in each of their previous three meetings, he frustrated his opponent with his steady game on centre court, patiently grinding from the baseline and capitalising on his hard-earned opportunities to step into the court.

"It's tough because he can take the racquet completely out of your hand," Norrie said, discussing the 25 winners and 30 unforced errors he hit in trying to keep Alcaraz at bay. "When he's dictating with the forehand it's really tough and you're running a lot. I just had to try to put the ball in awkward positions in the court. I managed to serve well, I improved a lot on my previous matches."

Norrie was one the ropes at the start of the third set, with Alcaraz having whipped the crowd into the frenzy in forcing a decider. After saving a break point in his opening service game, he fell behind 1-3 as Alcaraz grew in confidence. But Norrie responded instantly and did not face a break point again, earning the decisive break in the set's ninth game. He saved 11 of the 13 break points against him in the match.

The Briton has moved up two spots to No. 9 in the Pepperstone ATP live Rankings this week, and three spots to 11th in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin. He will face Bornia Coric in Saturday's semi-finals after the Croatian's 6-4, 6-4 win against Felix Auger-Aliassime.

With the loss, Alcaraz drops to 17-4 at the ATP Masters 1000s this season and loses the chance to claim his third title at that level on the year — a feat that would have lifted him to a new career-high of World No. 2. Instead, he remains at No. 4 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings, leaving an opening for Stefanos Tsitsipas to pass him with the Cincinnati title.

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ATP Cincy22: 2. półfinał M-1000.

[9] Cameron Norrie d. [3] Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-4