Argentinian Etcheverry Sees Off Norrie To Head Into Barcelona Open Semis
Muhammad Rameez Published April 19, 2024 | 08:20 PM
Argentinian Tomas Etcheverry booked his place in the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open with a hard-fought straight sets win over Britain's Cameron Norrie on Friday.
Etcheverry, ranked 30 in the world, one place higher Norrie, edged a tight match 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/1)
Barcelona, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Apr, 2024) Argentinian Tomas Etcheverry booked his place in the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open with a hard-fought straight sets win over Britain's Cameron Norrie on Friday.
Etcheverry, ranked 30 in the world, one place higher Norrie, edged a tight match 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/1).
He will face either third seed Casper Ruud or the Italian Matteo Arnaldi, ranked 40 in the world, in the semi-finals.
The first set produced a break each before the Argentine held the upper hand in the tiebreak.
The second set went with serve all the way to the tie-break which Etcheverry, a semi-finalists in Houston at the start of the month, won comfortably.
"I spoke to my coach last night and also my team, that I have to play aggressively to win this match,"
the 24-year-old Etcheverry said. "The tie-break was key. I played really good in that part of the match."
Norrie had won their only previous contest, also on clay, in Buenos Aires last year.
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