Cameron Norrie’s 2022 season is bubbling up nicely.
The top seed gave nothing away in a solid 6-3, 6-3 victory over American wild card Tommy Paul at the Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com on Saturday.
After starting 2022 with four straight defeats, Norrie sparked his season to life with a quarter-final run in Rotterdam last week and will now play for a third ATP Tour title in Sunday’s championship match in Florida.
It marks an improvement on Norrie’s 2021 run at the ATP 250 event, when he was defeated by Sebastian Korda at the semi-final stage.
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The World No. 13 got off to a fast start by breaking Paul in the second game of the match. Norrie then resisted the American’s attempts to get back in the set by recovering from 15/40 to hold for 5-2, the Brit converting his first set point two games later.
A tight second set was also decided by a lone break, Paul sending a forehand long at 30/40 on his own serve to hand Norrie a 3-2 lead.
Paul went for his shots throughout as he tried to find a way past Norrie’s defences. The fourth-seeded American hit 24 winners to Norrie’s 13, but also made 20 unforced errors compared to his opponent’s nine. Norrie’s consistency was a constant thorn in the American’s side as the Brit deflated some vocal home support to seal victory in 76 minutes.
The win gives Norrie a 2-1 ATP Head2Head series lead over Paul and takes him to his eighth tour-level final. He will face either Australian John Millman or Dallas champion Reilly Opelka in Sunday’s final.
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