Cameron Norrie beats Marin Cilic 7-6(5) 7-5 in the semifinal in Estoril on Saturday. Norrie will fight against Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Norrie added to his prize money € 8,500 after winning this match. He has won already € 29,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Cameron will add € 11,645 to his earnings to get in total € 41,145 in total.
Highlights Cameron Norrie vs. Marin Cilic Millennium Estoril Open – Estoril
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 84 points vs. Cilic’s 74.
Norrie
Cameron served very well to win 80% of the points (40/50) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (16/29) on his second serve. Norrie won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Cilic
On the other side, Marin was battling in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Norrie and Cilic is 1-0 for Cameron.
Draw and next match H2H: Cameron Norrie vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas – stats
Norrie will play Ramos-Vinolas in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Cameron Norrie and Albert Ramos-Vinolas square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Ramos-Vinolas (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Ramos-Vinolas was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Norrie in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Norrie was not done to come back to break the Croatian in the 4th (1-3) and in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
Cameron won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Marin won a minibreak in the 3rd (2-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
The Brit was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 0-40). The Brit saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, the Croatian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd
game (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).They contested 74 points. Norrie was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the Croatian (39-35). Norrie dropped 11 points on serve (30-11). on the other side of the court, the Croatian conceded 9 points on serve (24-9).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Brit conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
The Brit was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Marin was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 84 points. Cameron won 6 more points than Marin (45-39). The Brit dropped 12 points on serve (27-12). on the other side of the net, Cilic conceded 18 points on serve (27-18).
Tennis Scores in Estoril
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Marin CilicCilic (7-65 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Cameron NorrieNorrie (2-0) – H2H details and stats