British quantity two Cameron Norrie is out of the Cincinnati Open after struggling a second-round loss to veteran Roberto Bautista Agut.
Norrie just lately beat the world quantity 53 in 4 units at Wimbledon, along with his first-round win sparking a run to the quarter-finals on the All England Membership.
Because the thirty second seed in Ohio, Norrie had a first-round bye earlier than assembly the 37-year-old Spaniard, however with the temperature passing 30C, he appeared to wrestle within the warmth on the way in which to a 6-4 6-3 defeat.
Norrie’s final outing got here on the Canadian Open, the place he was crushed by world quantity 99 Aleksandar Vukic within the second spherical.
He continued his US Open preparations in Cincinnati and Bautista Agut did properly to carry his serve following three prolonged video games, whereas breaking Norrie’s within the fourth sport.
When serving at 5-2 down, Norrie was visibly drenched in sweat and adjusted his shirt previous to deuce earlier than staving off two set factors.
The 29-year-old then broke again to make it 5-4 – from his sixth break level – however served a double fault within the following sport, permitting Bautista Agut to clinch the primary set.
Norrie continued to look unwell throughout the second however remained aggressive, saving 5 match factors to chop his deficit to 5-3, regardless of serving three double faults.
However Bautista Agut, enjoying simply his second match since Wimbledon, made no mistake on his second match level within the following sport.
After Montreal, that is the second straight match Norrie has fallen at his first hurdle and he has misplaced three of his 5 matches since his run at SW19 was halted by world quantity two Carlos Alcaraz.
