TENNIS SCORES ZHUHAI. Great Norrie powers past Gojowczyk in the 1st round of the Zhuhai Open

ZHUHAI OPEN - ZHUHAI. Norrie grounds Gojowczyk to take on Gael Monfils in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Cameron Norrie vs. Peter Gojowczyk

Cameron Norrie vanquishes Peter Gojowczyk 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Zhuhai on Monday after playing a solid match to deal with Gael Monfils in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Norrie started the set strong after breaking Gojowczyk in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Brit reinforced his lead after breaking the German in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Norrie won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

2nd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Brit conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Brit scored 62 points vs. Gojowczyk’s 40 points.

Cameron served exceptionally well to win 87% of the points (26/30) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (10/15) on his second serve. Norrie was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6). On the other side, Gojowczyk wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Norrie and Gojowczyk is 3-0 for Cameron.

Next Match: Cameron Norrie vs. Gael Monfils – stats

Norrie will square off with Monfils in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Cameron Norrie and Gael Monfils play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Monfils won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Eastbourne back in 2017.

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