WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI DRAW AND RESULTS. Norrie prevails over Alcaraz to come up against Borna Coric in the semifinal

Cameron Norrie gets the better of Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-4 in the quarter in Cincinnati on Friday. Norrie will engage against Borna Coric in the semifinal. The epic lasted 3 hours and 3 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2020 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

The Brit added to his prize money $ 131,660 after winning this match. He has won already $ 289,655 until now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, the Brit will add $ 240,055 to his earnings to get in total $ 529,710.

Cameron won this match even if he won less points than Alcaraz (115 vs. 120).

Cameron won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

On the other side, Carlos was struggling when converting his break points (only 15% – 2/13). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Norrie and Alcaraz is 1-3 for Carlos.

Norrie will face Coric in the semifinal.

This will be the 4th time that Cameron Norrie and Borna Coric fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Coric (see full H2H stats), but Norrie leads 1-0 on hard.

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Cameron won the breaker at 7-4.

Norrie won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Carlos won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3) and 10th (4-6) point.

Cameron won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0 , 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3 , 4-3, 5-3 , 6-3 , 6-4 , 7-4

Norrie was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 90 points. This set was so close that, Norrie won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Cameron lost 17 points on serve (33-17). on the other side of the net, Alcaraz conceded 12 points on serve (28-12).

Carlos won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.

Alcaraz was unable to break Cameron in the 1st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Spaniard won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Norrie won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 6th (3-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0 , 2-0, 2-1 , 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4 , 6-4, 7-4

Alcaraz was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Cameron was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They contested 78 points. Carlos was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Cameron (44-34). Alcaraz dropped 7 points on serve (27-7). on the other side of the court, Cameron conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).

Cameron conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Norrie broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game to conquer the set 6-4.

Norrie converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They contested 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Cameron won just 3 points more than Carlos (35-32). Cameron conceded 14 points on serve (20-14). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).