Cameron Norrie added another chapter to his impressive 2021 success story on Saturday at the Millennium Estoril Open.
The World No. 50 withstood 16 aces and saved five of the six break points he faced to defeat former World No. 3 Marin Cilic 7-6(5), 7-5 for a place in his second tour-level championship match. Norrie is seeking his first ATP Tour title, more than two years after finishing as a runner-up at the 2019 ASB Classic in Auckland.
This is the latest step in a remarkable 2021 campaign for the 25-year-old. Norrie has compiled 18 tour-level victories this season, which ties him with third-placed Jannik Sinner on the 2021 ATP Tour wins leaderboard. Only Monte-Carlo finalists Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev own more tour-level wins this year.
2021 ATP Tour Wins Leaderboard
| Rank | Player | Win-Loss Record |
| T1 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 26 |
| Andrey Rublev | 26 | |
| T3 | Cameron Norrie | 18 |
| Jannik Sinner | 18 | |
| T5 | Daniil Medvedev | 17 |
| Aslan Karatsev | 17 | |
The unseeded Brit attacked Cilic’s forehand and benefitted from poorly-timed double faults from the 2014 US Open champion to recover from 0-3 down in the first set. Norrie claimed the only break of the second set in the final game of the match, when he struck a forehand winner up the line to clinch victory. The 6’2” left-hander has defeated consecutive seeds to reach the final, following his quarter-final win against second seed Cristian Garin.
Norrie will meet Albert Ramos-Vinolas or Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final. Norrie trails Ramos-Vinolas 0-2 in their ATP Head2Head series and lost his only previous match against Davidovich Fokina at last year’s US Open.
Did You Know?
Norrie is aiming to become the first player to win both the singles and doubles titles at the Millennium Estoril Open. The Brit captured the doubles trophy alongside countryman Kyle Edmund in 2018.
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