{"id":6077,"date":"2023-02-19T18:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T18:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/argentina-open-british-number-one-cameron-norrie-to-face-carlos-alcaraz-in-final\/"},"modified":"2023-02-19T18:30:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T18:30:03","slug":"argentina-open-british-number-one-cameron-norrie-to-face-carlos-alcaraz-in-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/argentina-open-british-number-one-cameron-norrie-to-face-carlos-alcaraz-in-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina Open: British number one Cameron Norrie to face Carlos Alcaraz in final"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Norrie will play in his fourth clay-court final<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

British number one Cameron Norrie beat Juan Pablo Varillas in straight sets to reach the final of the Argentina Open.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 27-year-old won 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 against the Peruvian, who is ranked 101st in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Norrie will face Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, who beat compatriot Bernabe Zapata Miralles, in Sunday’s final.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the second ATP Tour final Norrie has reached in 2023, after <\/span>losing the Auckland Open final<\/span><\/a> to France’s Richard Gasquet in January.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I lost a tough final in Auckland, so hopefully I can get some good feelings back tomorrow in the final,” <\/span>Norrie said.<\/span>external-link<\/title><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Briton, who will be competing for a fifth career title, <\/span>won his first and only clay-court crown<\/span><\/a> last May when he beat Slovakia’s Alex Molcan at the Lyon Open.<\/span><\/p>\n

Varillas saved two set points at 4-5 and 5-6 in the opening set, but Norrie saved two break points in the final game and wrapped up victory in one hour 54 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

World number two Alcaraz, who is the top seed in Buenos Aires, beat Zapata Miralles 6-2 6-2 in their semi-final.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is Alcaraz’s first tournament of 2023 after missing four months with a <\/span>leg injury<\/span><\/a> that he picked up in pre-season training.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I was a little bit down after the injury, so I had to recover confidence and rhythm in those four months,” said the 19-year-old, who won last year’s US Open. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Coming back for my first tournament of 2023 and making the final is so special for me.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere on Saturday, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev beat Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov 6-1 6-2 to reach the final of the Rotterdam Open.<\/span><\/p>\n

He will face Italy’s world number 14 Jannik Sinner, who triumphed over Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 7-5 7-6 (7-5).<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Great Britain’s Liam Broady beat home favourite Mubarak Shannan Zayid 6-1 6-1 in the first round of qualifying for the Qatar Open.<\/span><\/p>\n

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