Cameron Norrie gets by Alex Molcan 6-3 6-7(3) 6-1 in the final in Lyon on Saturday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. This is the first time that Cameron conquered this tournament. His best result in this tournament so far was reaching the final. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Cameron added € 33,880 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 81,310 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Cameron Norrie vs. Alex Molcan Open Parc – Lyon
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:31
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 101 points vs. the Slovakian’s 81.
Norrie
The Brit was pretty focused in converting 64% of the break points that he procured (7/11).
Molcan
On the other side, Molcan was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Norrie and Molcan is 1-0 for Cameron.
This was the 4th career title for Cameron. He won the previous title in Lyon. (see list of titles and finals). This was The Slovakian’s 3rd final after he lost in Belgrade 2021, in Marrakech 2022 and in Lyon 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Norrie took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Alex Molcan in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the Brit to win the set since the Slovakian succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game. The Brit kept his focus to break Alex in the 9th (6-3) game.
Norrie converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Molcan converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They contested 50 points. Cameron won 8 points more than Alex (29-21). Cameron lost 8 points on serve (15-8). On the other side, Alex conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Norrie overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Alex Molcan in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for Alex to win the set since the Brit managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Molcan maintained his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.
Tiebreak
Alex won 6 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Norrie won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.
The Slovakian won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Molcan was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Brit was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 87 points. The contest during this set was so even that Molcan won only 1 point more than Norrie (44-43). Alex dropped 17 points on serve (27-17). on the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 17 points on serve (26-17).
Norrie won the set after he broke the Slovakian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
The Slovakian was not able to offer any resistance in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Cameron was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Molcan was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 40-A).
They contested 45 points. Cameron won 13 more points than Molcan (29-16). Norrie lost 9 points on serve (16-9). On the other side, the Slovakian conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).
