Cam Norrie was eliminated from the Cincinnati Open after a straight-sets defeat to Roberto Bautista Agut on Sunday.
During the match, the British number 2 tennis player seemed to struggle in the hot conditions, eventually losing with a score of 6-4, 6-3.
Norrie’s last appearance 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.La campaña de Cam Norrie en el Cincinnati Open fue finalizada por Roberto Bautista Agut.Bautista 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 soaked in sweat when serving in the eighth game and changed his shirt before the deuce, where he prevented Bautista Agut from taking the set and finally achieved his first break point in the next game.
However, in the tenth game he committed a double fault, allowing the Spaniard to break and win the set.
During the second set, Norrie continued to show discomfort, but remained competitive, as a brave performance allowed him to save four match points to win the eighth game, despite having served 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.
