Cam Norrie was eliminated from the Cincinnati Open after a straight-sets defeat to Roberto Bautista Agut on Sunday.
In certain moments of the match, the British number 2 tennis player seemed to have difficulties in the hot conditions, and finally fell with a score of 6-4, 6-3.
Norrie’s last participation was at the Canadian Open, where he was defeated by Aleksandar Vukic in the second round.
His preparations for the US Open continued on Sunday in Cincinnati, where he received a bye into the second round to face Spanish veteran Bautista Agut, in a rematch of their first-round encounter at Wimbledon this summer, where Norrie emerged victorious.Cam Norrie’s Cincinnati Open campaign was brought to an end by Roberto Bautista Agut. Matthew Stockman/Getty ImagesBautista Agut started strong in the first set, breaking Norrie’s serve in the fourth game and managing to hold his serve after some long games.
Norrie was visibly drenched in sweat serving in the eighth game and changed his shirt before the deuce, where he prevented Bautista Agut from taking the set and finally got his first break point in the next game.
However, in the tenth game, he committed a double fault, which allowed the Spaniard to break and win the set.
During the second set, Norrie continued to look bad, but remained competitive, as a brave performance allowed him to save four match points to win the eighth game, despite having committed three double faults.
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Bautista Agut took control in the next game and was able to close out the match on his serve.
In other results, Carlos Alcaraz overcame a complicated match against the world number 56, Damir Dzumhur, with a victory of 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
Jasmine Paolini advanced to the next round with a hard-fought 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5) victory over Maria Sakkari and Coco Gauff also progressed after defeating Xinyu Wang 6-3, 6-2.
