Cameron Norrie aces Carlos Alcaraz 5-7 6-4 7-5 in the final in Rio De Janeiro on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes. This is the first time that Norrie conquered this tournament. His best result in this tournament so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when his history at this event. Carlos Alcaraz was clearly struggling with a leg choosing to play over aggressively in the last part of the match.
Cameron added $ 173,980 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 376,620 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Cameron Norrie vs. Carlos Alcaraz Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
The Brit won this match even if he won the same amount of points of the Spaniard (110 vs. 110).
Norrie
Norrie won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 38% (6/16) of the procured opportunities.
Alcaraz
On the other side, Carlos was pretty good at converting 56% of the break points that he conquered points (5/9). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Norrie and Alcaraz is 2-4 for Carlos.
This was the 5th career title for Cameron. He won the previous title in Rio De Janeiro. (see list of titles and finals). Alcaraz remains with 7th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
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Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Spaniard snatched in the 12th game (7-5) prior to finally winning the set (7-5).
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
The Spaniard was flawless in converting all his break points in the 8th (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Also, on the other side, Cameron was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 87 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Brit (47-40). Alcaraz surrendered 13 points on serve (30-13). On the losing side, Cameron conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).
Norrie overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Carlos Alcaraz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the Brit refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Alcaraz 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Certainly, a key moment was when the Brit won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-3 to 4-3.
Cameron converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Carlos was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 7th game (3-4 15-40).
They played 55 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Brit won just 1 point more than Carlos (28-27). The Brit lost 13 points on serve (16-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Norrie came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Carlos Alcaraz in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Cameron was not done to come back to break Carlos 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
The Brit converted 33% of his break points (3/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Carlos was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 6th game (2-3 15-40).
They contested 78 points. Cameron was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Carlos (42-36). The Brit surrendered 13 points on serve (19-13). On the losing side, Alcaraz conceded 23 points on serve (23-23).
Cameron Norrie in Rio De Janeiro |
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