SHANGHAI. Cameron Norrie victorious over Fabbiano in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters

Cameron Norrie dispatches Thomas Fabbiano 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Shanghai on Sunday. Norrie will have to play Gilles Simon in the 1^st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Norrie conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

The Brit won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, The Brit broke back in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

Fabbiano couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Cameron scored 71 points vs. Thomas’s 59 points.

The Brit served extremely well to win 80% of the points (35/44) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 42% points (8/19) on his second serve. Norrie won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, the Italian wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 25% of his break points (1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Norrie and Fabbiano is 1-0 for Cameron.

Next Match: Cameron Norrie vs. Gilles Simon – stats

Norrie will square off with Simon in the 1^st round.

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

The last time that they played each other, Simon won 6-1 7-6⁶ in the semifinal in Lyon back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Daniel EvansEvans (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Marcel GranollersGranollers (7-5 7-6²) – See score progression
• Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Bradley KlahnKlahn (6-4 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-3 6-1) – See score progression

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