Despite a number of challenges in Friday’s rain-hindered quarter-final in Buenos Aires, second seed Cameron Norrie prevailed to guide his ticket into the Argentina Open semi-finals.
The World No. 12 needed to rally from a set down towards dwelling hope Tomas Martin Etcheverry to say a 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 victory. After the Argentine grabbed the opening set, rain halted play for a short interval earlier than Norrie received 12 of the following 15 video games to advance.
“I knew it was going to be difficult, he came out and played really well,” Norrie stated. “It was so totally different in the present day than the opposite day once I performed Facundo [Diaz Acosta] when it was boiling. Today was freezing. Probably a bit hotter in London in the present day than right here in Buenos Aires!
“He played a really good first set and served well. I came out really strong after the rain delay and again after the second rain delay. I managed to scrape through in a pretty difficult match.”
The 27-year-old, who saved 5 of seven break factors confronted, turned the match round by adjusting his court docket positioning, taking a extra aggressive stance to dictate play from the baseline. Despite one other rain delay occurring with Norrie serving at 3-1 within the deciding set, the British No. 1 held his nerve within the closing phases to advance to his second semi-final of the season [Auckland].
The lefty will subsequent tackle third seed Lorenzo Musetti or Peruvian qualifier Juan Pablo Varillas.
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