Cameron Norrie earns 200th ATP Tour win with comfortable victory against Roberto Bautista Agut at Barcelona Open
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Updated 18/04/2024 at 19:21 GMT
British No. 1 Cameron Norrie earned his 200th career win on the ATP Tour with a comfortable 6-4 6-3 victory against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut. The result against a home favourite gave Norrie a place in the Barcelona Open quarter-finals as he seeks his sixth ATP title. Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas also reached the Barcelona quarters while Holger Rune made the last eight in Munich.
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Cameron Norrie powered into the Barcelona Open quarter-finals with a 6-4 6-3 victory against home favourite Roberto Bautista Agut.
The victory gave the British No. 1 his 200th career win on the ATP Tour and kept him on track for a sixth ATP title.
It looked as if the encounter between Norrie and Bautista Agut would be closely contested after they played out a fascinating 26-shot rally at 1-1.
But Norrie did not look back after he eventually hit the winner to break Bautista Agut and take a 2-1 lead.
The Barcelona Open's 12th seed broke his opponent again in the seventh game, before holding to gain a 5-3 advantage.
Although Bautista Agut crept back into the encounter by winning the next game, Norrie successfully served out the set.
He then earned break points in the first, third and ninth games of the second set to wrap up the victory in one hour and 24 minutes.
"I think on the score it was easy, but there were a lot of tough points in there," Norrie told Sky Sports.
"I was really pleased with how I handled myself when serving for the first set. I had a couple of tough games at the end of the second set there and played a good game to break as well.
"So I was very, very solid and I converted the points when I was aggressive. I felt like I was moving well, and I was pleased with my footwork."
Norrie revealed he was not aware he had just won his 200th match on the ATP Tour, but said reaching the milestone made him feel "very good."
"I didn't actually know that," he said. "I know that yesterday Roberto [Bautista Agut] got 400. So I'm halfway to his. To get 400 wins is impressive.
"I didn't know that, but I'll take that 200th win against a top player."
Norrie will now come up against Tomas Martin Etcheverry, who came back from one set down to beat Brandon Nakashima 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
Meanwhile, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina defeated Dusan Lajovic despite losing a closely fought tie-break at the end of the first set, eventually triumphing 6-7(10) 6-3 6-1.
Ruud records tour-leading 26th win of season
Casper Ruud continued his fine form with a 6-1 6-4 victory over Jordan Thompson.
Third seed Ruud reached the Monte Carlo Masters final last week and has now recorded 26 match wins this season, the most on the ATP Tour.
Ruud will next face Matteo Arnaldi, who beat Marco Trungelliti 6-3 6-0 to secure his spot in the quarters.
Stefanos Tsitsipas won his eighth match in a row as he beat Roberto Carballes Baena 7-5 6-3. He next faces Facundo Diaz Acosta.
Arthur Fils produced an impressive display to beat Rafael Nadal's conqueror Alex de Minaur 7-5 6-2.
Rune overcomes 'very cold' conditions to win
Holger Rune started his quest for a third consecutive Bavarian International title with a 6-4 6-2 win over Daniel Elahi Galan.
The match was halted by 50 minutes due to rain and hail as bad weather continued to impact the tournament in Munich.
“It was very cold, I think we all felt it, Rune said. "But I’m from Denmark so I’m used to it.
“It was great to finish in two sets for sure and it’s nice to be back in Munich. I’m enjoying it.”
Rune faces Marc-Andrea Huesler in the quarter-finals following his 6-2 6-4 win over Yannick Hanfmann.
Third seed Taylor Fritz beat qualifier Alejandro Moro Canas 6-3 6-1 and will face British No. 2 Jack Draper in the next round.
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