Cam Norrie was knocked out of the Cincinnati Open following a straight-sets defeat to Roberto Bautista Agut on Sunday.
At instances through the contest, the British No. 2 seemed to be struggling in scorching circumstances and was ultimately overwhelmed 6-4, 6-3.
Norrie’s final outing got here on the Canadian Open, the place he was overwhelmed by Aleksandar Vukic within the second spherical.
His US Open preparations continued on Sunday in Cincinnati, the place he acquired a bye into the second spherical to come back up in opposition to veteran Spaniard Bautista Agut in a rematch of their first-round conflict at Wimbledon this summer time, the place Norrie emerged victorious.
Bautista Agut began brightly within the opening set, breaking Norrie’s serve within the fourth sport and did nicely to carry his serve following some prolonged video games.
Norrie was visibly drenched in sweat serving within the eighth sport and altered his shirt previous to deuce, the place he prevented Bautista Agut from snatching the set and ultimately clinched his first break level within the following sport.
Nonetheless, within the tenth sport he served a double fault, permitting the Spaniard to interrupt and win the set.
Throughout the second set, Norrie continued to look unwell however remained aggressive as a courageous efficiency noticed him save 4 match factors to clinch the eighth sport, regardless of having served three double faults.
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Bautista Agut then took management within the following sport and was in a position to serve out the match.
Elsewhere, Carlos Alcaraz overcame a tough contest in opposition to world No. 56 Damir Dzumhur to win 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
Jasmine Paolini edged into the following spherical with a good 7-6 (2), 7-6, (5) victory over Maria Sakkari and Coco Gauff additionally progressed after beating Xinyu Wang 6-3, 6-2.