In the Western & Southern Open semifinals, Cameron Norrie defeats Carlos Alcaraz

Posted at: August 21, 2022

Western & Southern Open: Cameron Norrie, the No. 1 seed from Great Britain, defeated Carlos Alcaraz, the third seed, to advance to the Western & Southern Open semifinals in Cincinnati, where he will play Borna Coric, who defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 6-4.

The 19-year-old Spaniard was defeated by Norrie in just over three hours after he blew a 4-1 lead in the second set and then came back from 1-3 down in the deciding.

“I just wanted to hang tough with him. I thought I had the advantage in physicality and the legs and I was just trying to make every rally as physical as I could,” said Norrie.

As Norrie outperformed his opponent’s service at 4-4 in the third set to secure the victory, Alcaraz, who was vying for his third ATP Masters 1000 title this season, was left to regret a series of break-point opportunities. He converted just two of 13 of them.

“It was a really good battle and just what I needed ahead of the US Open,” added Norrie.

In the meantime, American threats Taylor Fritz and John Isner were neutralised by No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev and No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas to advance to the semi-finals as well.

With a 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 triumph against 11th seeded Fritz, Cincinnati champion Medvedev improved his game in preparation for his forthcoming US Open title defence, while Tsitsipas had just one break opportunity in a three-set battle with Isner but it was enough to secure a 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 6-3 victory.

A misfiring Fritz, one of the game’s top hitters, had just three aces to go along with three double-faults, which helped Medvedev to victory.

Isner, the most prolific server in men’s tennis, had 18 aces as well, about 200 more than his next rival Nick Kyrgios, but it was still not enough to beat the persistent Greek opponent.

While Medvedev’s victory appeared straightforward, it was far but easy for him; he had to hold off three set points in the first game before winning 7-1 in the tie-break.

Medvedev took control after that, winning the only break of the match early in the second, and that was enough to make Cincinnati’s final four for the second year in a row.

“The first set he was on top of me a little bit,” admitted Medvedev. “He had many more chances than I did on my serve, but I managed to stay in.

“There were some set points where I could have missed and no one would have talked about it, it would have been normal.

“But I managed to stay in the set and that helped me win the match”

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