Cam Norrie storms past Michelson in Dallas
Cameron Norrie beat Alex Michelsen 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1 on Tuesday night. He’ll play the winner of the match between American wildcard Reilly Opelka and Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko in the next round
Cameron Norrie, Vienna 2024
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It was looking like Alex Michelsen’s day in Dallas — until it wasn’t. The American had an early lead and was dominating the run of play, but veteran Cam Norrie rallied back to steal the thunder in Dallas, notching a 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1 victory over the No 7 seed to advance to the second round of the Dallas Open at the Ford Center at The Star on Tuesday night.
Norrie, ranked No 63, will play the winner of the match between American wildcard Reilly Opelka and Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko next.
Michelsen hit eight more winners (35 to 27) and won four more points (94 to 90) than Norrie, but the Brit won the more important won down the stretch as he waltzed through the third set.
“To be honest he was playing unbelievable,” Norrie said. “I was giving him a lot of free points and playing really slow. I was way more nervous than him and it took me way too long to settle into the match. Actually that game at 4-3, when I got broken, for me I was finally able to calm down and stop making excuses to myself and just play.
“I played an unbelievable tiebreak and an unbelievable third set. I gave him nothing.”
Dallas ATP 500, other first-round results (Ford Center at The Star, hard, USD 2.760.000, most recent results first):
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Taylor Fritz vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Reilly Opelka vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Kei Nishikori vs. Tomas Machac
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Michael Mmoh
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Jaume Munar vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Marcos Giron vs. Casper Ruud
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ben Shelton
- Tommy Paul (3) beat Jenson Brooksby (WC): 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4
- Ethan Quinn (Q) beat Trevor Svajda (WC): 6-4, 6-2
- Frances Tiafoe (5) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
- Rinky Hijikata beat Adrian Mannarino: 7-5, 6-3
- Matteo Arnaldi (8) beat Christopher Eubanks (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Brandon Holt (Q): 6-1, 7-5
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