Cameron Norrie demolishes Brandon Nakashima 6-2 6-2 in the final in Los Cabos on Saturday after playing an extraordinary match to win his 1st career title. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. This is the first time that the Brit conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when his history at this event. Norrie won the title without dropping a single set in the entire tournament.
Cameron Norrie will be ranked the number 29 on Monday. This will be his new high rank.
Highlights Cameron Norrie vs. Brandon Nakashima Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel – Los Cabos
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:23
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 59 points vs. the American’s 38.
Norrie
The Brit didn’t lose the concentration in converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8).
Nakashima
On the other side, The American was exceptional in converting the only break point that he converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Norrie and Nakashima is 1-1.
This was the maiden title for Cameron that won his first title at the first attempt. Nakashima lost the opportunity to win his title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Cameron in this set was more solid than the American and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking the American 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Norrie won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Brit converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Norrie didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Cameron conquered the set after winning 12 more points than the American (29-17). Norrie dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
Norrie stepped up in great fashion to overplay Nakashima and without too much hustling he won 6-2. The American broke the Brit 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Cameron broke his opponent in the 4th (2-2) game, but that didn’t prevent his to conquer the set (6-2).
Nakashima was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Brit converted 100% of his break points (3/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Brandon was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (1-2 15-40).
