the serbian Novak Djokovic He is already in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters 1000 after beating Cameron Norrie by 6-3 6-4. The current tournament champion continues in the fight to defend the title after a good victory against the British. From the start, Nole imposed dominance on him with a continuous Norrie behind his back. A match marked by a pitch from Cameron to the Serb’s legs and which ended with a tense greeting at the net. Nole is feeling better every time on Italian soil and will seek to continue in the fray against Holger Rune o Alexei Popyrin in the quarterfinals.
Djokovic imposes his rhythm
The match started evenly between the two players, but Norrie’s errors gave the Serb a chance to break for the first time in the match. From then on, Djokovic began to distance himself from his rival and guide the tone of the match, bringing out his drop shots and opening the scoring with a 3-0 lead. Then Norrie had to hold on to his serve to stop the bleeding, saving a break point that would have been decisive. And it is that the British increased the pressure on the rest to try to get his hands on Nole and demand a little more from him, but a new mistake by Norrie spoiled the party.
The British tennis player was very confident with his forehand and had opportunities to get close to deuce on a couple of occasions, but he hesitated again before the Serb’s great serve. Nole continued in crescendo, beating his rival with a great parallel forehand and returning very aggressively, which made him enjoy two set balls. However, the Briton did not give in and raised the level of his serve and, after 4 consecutive points, he brought forward a game that seemed lost. And with a Norrie to return to try to stay alive, he took advantage of a double fault from the Serb to come up and bite with an impossible return. But Nole did not want to give life to his rival and, moving it from one side to the other, managed to make him miss to take the set.
high voltage outcome
The second sleeve started better for Norrie, although his rival managed to close the gap, the Briton clung to the serve to make his debut. And it is that, in the long rallies, the one who came out winning was the Serb, either because Norrie ended up making the mistake or thanks to one of those magical drop shots. Cameron felt the pressure on his racket again and gave Nole the first break of the second set. But his time came and, after tidying up a bit, the Briton was able to overwhelm Nole for the first time and get the counterbreak. Of course, with a somewhat controversial point when the ball crashed into Nole’s legs.
The Serbian did not take that shot very well, his face said it all. Thus, he used that temperament to make things difficult for his rival. However, Norrie came out alive thanks to his service again and with some tension between them. With some equality, reaching 4 equals, Djokovic came out to the rest like a wolf pressing and caused his rival’s mistakes over and over again to score the break. After that, the Briton had to seek medical assistance due to discomfort in his knee.
It doesn’t seem like that stopped Norrie from staying in the game though, as he kept running from side to side trying to stop Nole from winning. He tried until the end, but Djokovic corrected his mistakes and carried out a match that was beginning to poison to be in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
2023-05-16 10:57:23
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