the debut of cameron norrie within Mutua Madrid is open was accompanied by a busy victory against the Korean Soonwoo Kwon (7-5 and 7-5), coming from the previous round, asking for a maximum of the ninth favorite to advance to the second round.
Norrie, eleventh in the world, this year’s winner at Delray Beach and finalist in Acapulco, had to react, to prevent his opponent from scoring the first set and complicating the rivalry. Kwon was at 3-0 and 4-1 and pushed the British of South African origin to the limit, coming in time to turn the situation around and change the fight.
Norrie found that he kept the initiative in the second and maintained the advantage reached in the break against the Asian who did not give up and clung to the court until the very end.
Cameron Norrie closed out his first win at the Masters 1000 in Madrid in an hour and 49 minutes to reach the second round where he will face American John Isner who ousted Serbian Filip Krajinovic on Sunday.
For his part, the Argentine Diego Schwartzmannthirteenth favorite in the Madrid tournament, reached the second round with a more expensive victory than expected against the French Benoit Pairecoming from the previous round, by 6-2, 6-7 (5) and 6-1.
The player with the most wins on clay so far this season has extended his tally to sixteen, although he has not won any of the two finals he has played over it, in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. .
Their rival in the second round in Madrid will come from the clash of the players who replaced them on the court Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario, the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and the American Maxime Cressy.
Two breaks in the opening set put Schwartzman ahead, beating the Frenchman in three of their past four meetings and seemingly ready to go both ways.
Paire held on to the court in the second set and kept up with the Argentine’s run. The two didn’t give up their service and in the tiebreak game, despite Schwartzman’s initial 3-0, six consecutive points from the Frenchman opened the door to that set.
An hour and a half passed as the third set began, in which two service steals put the Buenos Aires player at 5-0. The end did not last long.
In his four previous appearances in Madrid, Schwartzman has the 2018 round of 16 as his best result.
Source: La Verdad
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