In a thrilling encounter on Court 5, Cameron Norrie rallied from two sets down for only the second time in his career, saving two match points, to eliminate ninth seed Diego Schwartzman on Monday at the US Open.
The 25-year-old dropped serve five times in the opening two sets, before charging back to stun Schwartzman 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 7-5 in three hours and 58 minutes. Norrie trailed 3-5 in the decider and saved a match point in consecutive games with depth and power on his forehand side to reach 5-5. After a love service hold, the World No. 76 in the FedEx ATP Rankings broke serve for the 10th time at 6-5 to earn his second victory in three ATP Head2Head matches against Schwartzman.
Despite most players commenting that court speeds were quicker than usual during last week’s Western & Southern Open, Schwartzman and Norrie earned a combined 57 break points throughout their first-round encounter. Norrie went 10 for 30 on break points and saved 19 of the 27 break points he faced.
Norrie will face Federico Coria for a place in the third round. Coria recovered from two sets down to lead Jason Jung 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 2-0, when Jung was forced to retire from the match.
Did You Know?
Norrie is only the second player outside the Top 20 in the FedEx ATP Rankings to beat two-time quarter-finalist Schwartzman at the US Open. The only other player to achieve the feat was 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro in 2016.
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