Cameron Norrie shocks Jiri Lehecka 3-6 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Friday. Norrie will seek to keep on going in this event against Tommy Paul in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes. The Brit won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Brit added to his prize money $ 26,850 after winning this match. He has already won $ 64,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Cameron will add $ 45,750 to his earnings to get in total $ 110,250 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Cameron won this contest even if he scored less points than Jiri (99 vs. 104).
Norrie
Norrie was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Lehecka
On the other side, Lehecka had a tough time converting his break points (only 17% – 2/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Norrie and Lehecka is 3-1 for Cameron.
Draw and next match H2H: Cameron Norrie vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Norrie will fight against Paul in the 3rd round.
This will be the 6th time that Cameron Norrie and Tommy Paul face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Norrie (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Paul won 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Fairfield Challenger back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Lehecka conquered in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Jiri was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 8th (5-2 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 61 points. Jiri conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Norrie (35-26). The Czech surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the court, the Brit conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Brit clinched in the 10th game (6-4) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).
The Brit failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The Brit was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the Czech was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 11th game (3-6 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 72 points. The Brit was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Lehecka (38-34). The Brit lost 15 points on serve (27-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Lehecka conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
Cameron won the set after he broke Lehecka in the 6th
(4-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Jiri tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Norrie kept the situation under control to win the set 7-5.Norrie converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 10th (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Lehecka converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 70 points. This set was so close that, The Brit won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Norrie surrendered 13 points on serve (21-13
). Regarding the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
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