{"id":27584,"date":"2023-02-20T04:19:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T04:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/2023\/02\/20\/argentina-open-british-number-one-cameron-norrie-loses-to-spains-carlos-alcaraz-in-final\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T04:19:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T04:19:26","slug":"argentina-open-british-number-one-cameron-norrie-loses-to-spains-carlos-alcaraz-in-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/?p=27584","title":{"rendered":"Argentina Open: British number one Cameron Norrie loses to Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cameron Norrie has won just four of the nine tour-level finals he has played<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

British number one Cameron Norrie suffered a straight-set defeat by Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the Argentina Open on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 27-year-old missed out on a fifth ATP title after losing 6-3 7-5 to the top seed in Buenos Aires.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Alcaraz, 19, was playing in his first tournament of the year following a four-month <\/span>injury lay-off.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

It is a seventh title for Spain’s world number two, who won the US Open in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I felt very comfortable playing the final,” Alcaraz <\/span>said<\/span>external-link<\/title><\/svg><\/span><\/a> post-match.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I knew that it was going to be really difficult. I started really focused on what I had to do at the beginning – my game, my level. This is the level that I have to play in finals.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Norrie took a 3-2 lead in the opening set but Alcaraz went on a seven-game winning run to give himself a commanding 6-3 3-0 lead.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Spaniard failed to serve for the match as Norrie levelled the second-set score at 5-5, but held serve in the next game before breaking the Briton to triumph.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alcaraz is the first Spanish player to win the title in Buenos Aires since Rafael Nadal in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

Medvedev beats Sinner to win Rotterdam Open<\/h3>\n

Russia’s former world number one Daniil Medvedev won a 16th career title with victory over Italy’s Jannik Sinner in the final of the Rotterdam Open on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 27-year-old, who won the US Open in 2021, beat Sinner 5-7 6-2 6-2 to claim a first ATP crown since winning at the Vienna Open in October.<\/span><\/p>\n

Medvedev, currently 11th in the world, will now return to the top 10 of the ATP rankings on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite dropping a hard-fought opening set, Medvedev forced the world number 14 into making early errors in the second and broke twice in the <\/span>deciding third set<\/span>external-link<\/title><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It was a very tough match, I would say mentally for both of us, I think,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Jannik was on top of me, especially in the first part of the first set. I managed to come back into the set even though, in my opinion, I was playing worse than him. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I just managed to continue pushing him mentally down until the end of the match.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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