“I just found a way, it was really tough,” he said. I was a bit overconfident.”Īfter grinding two and a half hours in his eighth match in 11 days, Norrie was pleased to come through physically. “I tried to finish the points a little bit too early. “It was good from him and I was a little bit impatient,” Norrie said of his second-set struggles. Norrie fought off a break point at 5-5 as they went to the tiebreaker, in which he seized the initiative with a drop shot winner and never trailed. Norrie will be playing his third final of the year and seeking a first title after his runner-up finishes in Auckland and Buenos Aires.Īfter splitting two lopsided sets, he and Zapata Miralles traded breaks midway through a tense third. He gained his first break for a 2-0 lead with a spectacular running forehand winner and wrapped it up with his third break of the set after two hours and 43 minutes. "So, I was really lucky that I could pair with my doubles partner and we could win and put up a good fight.What touch 🇨🇱 #RioOpen /rENV5tOG53 "Playing against the Williams sisters is a special moment for everybody, everyone, any time," Nosková said after the match. Guarachi and Klepac are coming off an impressive straight-set victory over Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls. With the big win, Hradecká and Nosková will play Alexa Guarachi and Andreja Klepac in the second round of doubles. The match was a rare doubles night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the first since Mike and Bob Bryan beat Colin Fleming and Jonathan Marray in the 2013 men's quarterfinals. Hradecká and Nosková claimed a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over the Williams sisters, spoiling their first doubles match at Flushing Meadows since 2014. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion and her sister, Venus Williams, fell to Lucie Hradecká and Linda Nosková in the first round of doubles Thursday. Serena Williams' final run at US Open glory will have to come in singles play.
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