{"id":40096,"date":"2023-05-29T22:25:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T22:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/2023\/05\/29\/french-open-2023-results-cameron-norrie-beats-benoit-paire-at-roland-garros\/"},"modified":"2023-05-29T22:25:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T22:25:39","slug":"french-open-2023-results-cameron-norrie-beats-benoit-paire-at-roland-garros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/?p=40096","title":{"rendered":"French Open 2023 results: Cameron Norrie beats Benoit Paire at Roland Garros"},"content":{"rendered":"

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British number one Cameron Norrie is aiming to go beyond the third round at the French Open for the first time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n
Dates:<\/strong> 28 May-11 June <\/span>Venue:<\/strong> Roland Garros, Paris<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coverage: <\/strong>Live text and radio commentaries of selected matches across BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, the BBC Sport website and app<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Britain’s Cameron Norrie was unhappy that an “absurd” call from the umpire changed the momentum of his French Open match against France’s Benoit Paire.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After winning the first set, Norrie was penalised for hindrance early in the second after being ruled to have put off Paire by shouting mid-point.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Paire broke serve and won the next two sets, before 14th seed Norrie fought back to win 7-5 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-4.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’ve never been called for that. I think it’s unacceptable,” Norrie said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Both of us didn’t know why he called it. I think Benoit thought it was for him, both of us were a bit confused. It was for sure a grunt.<\/span><\/p>\n

“[The umpire] must have thought that I said something and I think to get involved there was absurd.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Norrie put the incident behind him to hold off Paire in an entertaining first-round contest and maintain British interest in the Roland Garros singles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Norrie, 27, is the only Briton through to the second round with Jack Draper’s injury problems continuing as he <\/span>retired from his opening match with a shoulder issue.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dan Evans lost his opening match on Sunday and there are no British women in the main draw.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evans, who was beaten by Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis, was also on the receiving end of <\/span>an unusual decision by the officials<\/span><\/a> when he was penalised for a harsh foot-fault. <\/span><\/p>\n

“For me, I was a grunt, and for Evo, he was nowhere near foot faulting,” said British men’s number one Norrie, who plays another Frenchman, qualifier Lucas Pouille, in the second round on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I got away with it and I was able to come through in five sets. But it was a big call and it changed the momentum of the match.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Norrie maintains British interest in the singles<\/h3>\n

When Draper retired while Norrie was battling to survive against 34-year-old Paire, it felt like it could be another chastening day for British tennis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only Norrie, Draper and Evans made the main draws at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament, with another 10 losing in the qualifying events.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emma Raducanu is absent after having surgeries on wrist and ankle injuries, while Andy Murray pulled out because he wanted to focus on preparing his body for the upcoming grass-court season.<\/span><\/p>\n

No British players reached the second round on the Paris clay in 2020 and another first-round wipe-out looked on the cards with Norrie trailing.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the world number 13 maintained his composure in a partisan atmosphere and dug deep against the unpredictable Paire, who discussed retirement last year but was given a wildcard at Roland Garros after continuing.<\/span><\/p>\n

After edging a tight opening set, momentum swung away from Norrie following the harsh hindrance call from umpire Nico Helwerth in the third game of the second.<\/span><\/p>\n

Helwerth docked Norrie the point at 30-30 and it enabled the Frenchman to break for a 2-1 lead.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the vociferous backing of the jubilant home fans, Paire fed off their energy and was locked in during a third set where Norrie twice dropped serve early on.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Norrie is known as one of the most composed players on the ATP Tour, showing his mental resilience to reset and level the match with a one-sided fourth set.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite losing serve in a poor start to the decider, Norrie upped his level again and his greater endurance – mental and physical – proved decisive in a strong finish.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I think the crowd can be tough at times, but I keep reminding myself it’s good to be playing, that I want to be out there competing and being in those tough moments when the crowd is against me,” said Norrie.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It makes it even better to come through those matches.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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