Cameron Norrie: British No 2 wins in spherical one at Delray Seashore Open regardless of pre-match ‘nerves’ and ‘uncomfortable’ warmth | Tennis Information
Cameron Norrie admitted to experiencing pre-match nerves after preventing his means into the final 16 of the Delray Seashore Open with a 7-5 6-4 win over American qualifier Zachary Svajda.
Norrie, who gained the Florida match in 2022, has struggled on exhausting courts to this point this season however emerged from a torrid opening to seal a welcome win in temperatures approaching 30 levels.
The British No 2 break up 4 breaks of serve within the first six video games together with his opponent, however grabbed an additional break within the twelfth sport to take the set.
Svajda recovered an early break within the second to threaten to take Norrie right into a third-set decider, however the British participant hit again to arrange a last-16 conflict with both Gabriel Diallo or French ninth seed Arthur Rinderknech.
“I am very glad,” mentioned Norrie in his on-court interview after the match.
“It is very uncomfortable out right here. The Florida warmth is attending to me a bit of bit.
“My first match open air shortly and I used to be fairly nervous coming in. I used to be not shifting my ft that properly however I used to be actually pleased with how I completed each the units enjoying my finest stage, and that is what counted.
“I used to be not enjoying nice and Zach made it troublesome. He would not provide you with a lot power so it was powerful to push however I used to be pleased with how I completed the match, most significantly.”
Norrie performed the clay-court tournaments of Buenos Aires and Rio after the Australian Open earlier than Indian Wells in each 2023 and 2024 however this time has already performed Dallas – the place he misplaced within the second spherical final week to Reilly Opelka after squandering a one-set benefit – earlier than arriving on Florida’s east coast.
“I am skipping the clay this 12 months, I used to be grinding on the market in South America so I hoped it was going to be barely simpler situations right here, nevertheless it wasn’t. I am sweating simply as a lot as I’d in South America!” he mentioned.
“However good to be on the exhausting courts and blissful to get the win in a tricky match.
“I feel it is necessary to get wins like this the place you are very nervous and also you’re actually uncomfortable, so very blissful to get a win like that. Probably not feeling my finest and probably not practising properly since I obtained right here so I can take numerous confidence from that.
“Calm down [on Tuesday], hopefully benefit from the seaside a bit of bit and prepare for my match on Wednesday.”
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