{"id":9296,"date":"2023-05-15T08:53:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T08:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/italian-open-cameron-norrie-sets-up-novak-djokovic-meeting-in-rome\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T08:53:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T08:53:10","slug":"italian-open-cameron-norrie-sets-up-novak-djokovic-meeting-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/italian-open-cameron-norrie-sets-up-novak-djokovic-meeting-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Open: Cameron Norrie sets up Novak Djokovic meeting in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$image-0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$image-0.1\">Norrie had won all four of his previous meetings with Fucsovics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1.0\">British number one Cameron Norrie beat Marton Fucsovics to set up an Italian Open last-16 meeting with world number one Novak Djokovic.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0.0\">Norrie came through 6-2 7-6 (7-4) in a match that had been held over following Saturday&#8217;s rain interruptions in Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\">Norrie had led by a set and 5-1 but was pegged back by the Hungarian before digging deep again to win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">Djokovic overcame Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 4-6 6-1 after seeing a 4-2 second-set lead disappear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">World number one Iga Swiatek eased into the last 16 in the women&#8217;s event but sixth seed Coco Gauff was beaten.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">Thirteenth-seed Norrie looked strong from the start against his opponent, ranked 92nd in the world, and broke for an early 3-1 advantage and built on that, breaking again in the eighth game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">As the match went on, Fucsovics struggled on his serve and Norrie twice took advantage to go 5-1 up and within sight of victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">However, out of nowhere the British number one started to struggle as the Hungarian staged a mini revival, twice breaking Norrie as he served for the match and saving five match points &#8211; four on his own serve &#8211; on his way to levelling it at 5-5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">Norrie held his nerve to go 6-5 up but his opponent levelled again to force the tie-break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">Despite losing the first two points then going 3-1 down, Norrie started to show the aggression that had been lacking in the latter part of the set. He seemed to find another gear and went 6-3 up before winning on his seventh match point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><strong data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.$bold-0\">Djokovic <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.1\">recovered well from his second-set struggle which saw Dimitrov win four games in a row before he raised his level again in the decider.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.0\">But the Serb was critical of the condition of the centre court surface at the Foro Italico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0\">&#8220;What is interesting would be to understand how much tennis they&#8217;re playing on the court actually before the tournament starts,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.0\">&#8220;If you don&#8217;t use the court, and you have a clay court, the court breaks. You have many holes. You have an uneven surface, really bad bounces, a lot of clay. In Rome, it has been happening for quite a few years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15.0\">&#8220;Now there&#8217;s really not much you can do. It&#8217;s just kind of covering the holes here and there. Hopefully as the days pass and the tournament progresses, the court will get better.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16\"><strong data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16.$bold-0\">Swiatek<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16.1\">, who is bidding for her third straight Rome title, breezed into the last 16 of the women&#8217;s draw with a 6-2 6-0 win over Ukraine&#8217;s Lesia Tsurenko.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17.0\">The Pole lost the first two games but then showed her dominance by rattling off 12 in a row.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18\"><strong data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18.$bold-0\">Gauff&#8217;s <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18.1\">defeat and the elimination of world number eight <\/span><strong data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18.$bold-2\">Maria Sakkari <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18.3\">means six of the world&#8217;s top 10 women are out of the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19.0\">World number five Gauff was defeated by Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic 4-6 6-2 6-2 while Marketa Vondrousova beat Sakkari 7-5, 6-3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20\"><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20.0\">And former world number one <\/span><strong data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20.$bold-1\">Victoria Azarenka <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".z3q1oblr9m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20.2\">withdrew with a right leg injury meaning Madison Keys of the United States advanced into the last 16. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/65592154?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norrie had won all four of his previous meetings with Fucsovics British number one Cameron Norrie beat Marton Fucsovics to set up an Italian Open last-16 meeting with world number one Novak Djokovic. Norrie came through 6-2 7-6 (7-4) in a match that had been held over following Saturday&#8217;s rain interruptions in Rome. Norrie had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9298,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9296\/revisions\/9298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}