Facundo Diaz Acosta demolishes Cameron Norrie 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Auckland on Tuesday after playing a remarkable match to face off with Sebastian Baez in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes.
Diaz Acosta added to his prize money $ 4,640 after winning this match. He has already won $ 11,935 after this win. If he wins the next match, Diaz Acosta will add $ 8,620 to his earnings to get in total $ 20,555 in total.
Highlights Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Cameron Norrie ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Diaz Acosta scored 60 points vs. the Brit’s 44.
Diaz Acosta
The Argentine was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10).
Norrie
On the other side, Norrie was battling in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Diaz Acosta and Norrie is 1-2 for Cameron.
Draw and next match H2H: Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Sebastian Baez – stats
Diaz Acosta will face Baez in the 2nd round.
This will be the 6th time that Facundo Diaz Acosta and Sebastian Baez clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Baez (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Baez won 7-61 6-3 in the 2nd round in Rio de Janeiro back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Facundo in this set didn’t concede much to the Brit and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Cameron in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Diaz Acosta failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Norrie was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Facundo converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Cameron was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 58 points. Diaz Acosta was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Norrie (36-22). Diaz Acosta surrendered 9 points on serve (22-9). On the other side, Norrie conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Diaz Acosta was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Cameron Norrie in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Facundo to win the set because Norrie managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Facundo kept his cool to break Norrie in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Argentine converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Brit was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 46 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Facundo won just 2 more points than Cameron (24-22). Facundo lost 12 points on serve (11-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Norrie conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Tennis Scores in Auckland
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- Mariano NavoneNavone – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-66 6-75 6-1)
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-3 6-4)
- Luca NardiNardi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-2 1-1 ret.)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-65 2-6 7-67)
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-6 7-65 6-3)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-2 4-6 7-5)
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 6-3)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Isaac BecroftBecroft (6-3 7-5)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Luciano DarderiDarderi (5-7 6-3 7-5)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Sumit NagalNagal (6-78 6-4 6-2)
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 3-6 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Zizou BergsBergs – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H details and stats