Cameron Norrie squandered 16 break factors as his bid to succeed in the second week of a grand slam for the primary time bit the mud on the clay of Roland Garros.
The British singles contingent will all be house earlier than the postcards after Norrie, the one man or lady to succeed in the third spherical on the French Open, was crushed 6-2 7-5 5-7 6-4 by Russia’s Karen Khachanov.
The tenth seed will look again on the host of early probabilities he had, to attract blood towards an opponent he was well-matched towards – within the first set alone he compelled eight break factors however couldn’t convert one among them.
By the point he was 4-2 down within the second, Norrie had wasted 11 alternatives to interrupt whereas Khachanov had transformed all three of his.
On the twelfth time of asking, Norrie did make a breakthrough, a well-worked level completed with a volley on the internet to deliver the set again on serve.
Then a set level for Norrie on the Khachanov serve got here and went and as an alternative, it was the twenty first seed’s energy which compelled the errors from Norrie to ship him surging right into a two-set lead.
It was the identical story at the beginning of the third; Norrie created two break factors, missed each and was instantly damaged once more.
Cameron Norrie will look again on the host of early probabilities he had (Michel Euler/AP)
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But Khachanov allowed the tenth seed again into the set twice and Norrie completed the job with a break to take it right into a fourth.
However the effort appeared to have taken its toll on Norrie and Khachanov began the set – by now being performed underneath the Paris floodlights – like a metro prepare as he roared 5-1 forward.
Norrie battled to the tip, saving three match factors earlier than breaking for 3-5, however he succumbed to a robust service sport with an ace down the center in the end sending him packing.
A disillusioned Norrie stated: “I feel Karen was higher than me and performed the larger factors higher. I had quite a lot of break factors and he made it tough for me. I assumed he performed nice.
“I wished to make the second week for first time and at present I didn’t play my greatest.
“Karen performed higher, he deserved the win and I’m very disillusioned however I attempted as laborious as I might and had perspective, gave myself an opportunity.
“I have to preserve doing what I’m doing and study from these matches.”
Kaynak: briturkish.com
