After three failed attempts, three defeats in the finals, the British tennis player cameron norriefirst favorite and number 11 in the world, earned his first title on clay, in lionsthe fourth of his career, after defeating the Slovakian alex molcan6-3, 6-7 (3) and 6-1.
the norwegian Casper Ruud (8th) also won the title of Geneva by defeating the Portuguese Joao Sousa by 7-6 (3), 4-6 and 7-6 (1), the eighth on his record.
Ruud resisted the reaction of Sousa, who came to serve to achieve victory, and reaffirmed the Geneva tournament title, the second of 2022.
The Norwegian won three sets after three hours and maintained hegemony over the Portuguese, which he had won twice before, both on clay.
Sousa, 79 in the ATP rankings and who won this season’s title in Pune, returned seven years later in the final in Geneva where he lost in 2015, defeated by Brazilian Thomas Belluci.
The 33-year-old Portuguese has made an impressive comeback. He scored the second set and in the third, the final, he had a 5-3 advantage. He did not close the game. Ruud fought back and got the victory. For the Norwegian player, also a Miami Masters 1000 finalist who lost to Spain Carlos Alcaraz, this is the eighth trophy of his career, the second this year after Buenos Aires.
For her part, Norrie has won three trophies as a professional. In the same year at Delray Beach, but always on hard surfaces. Of the six finals he has lost, three are on clay. He always loses. Along with Lyon, which this time he won, last year was overtaken by Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Cameron Norrie will go to Roland Garros with merit under his arm after beating Slovakian Alex Molcan in three sets (6-3, 6-7 (3) and 6-1) who still have no title on his record. .
It took the Briton two hours and 31 minutes to break the revelation of the tournament which seemed to react in the second set but fell through the tie break that Norrie did not let escape.
For Molcan, 24 years old and 47 in the ATP rankings, this is the third final of his career. Always in the clay. This year one from Marraquech played and in 2021 one from Belgrade. They lost three.
Source: La Verdad
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