Week 6 - Challenger ($50,000) - West Lakes, Australia (Hard)

TMH · Futures qualifying

RE: Week 6 - Challenger ($50,000) - West Lakes, Australia (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Bradley Mousley (AUS) & Cam Norrie CR 1787 (654+1133) defeated Toshihide Matsui & Danai Udomchoke (JAP/THA) CR 525 (272+167) by 3 & 4 biggrin
R1: Maverick Banes & Gavin van Peperzeel (AUS/AUS) CR 1103 (665+438) defeated (4) Brydan Klein & Boy Westerhof (NED) CR 360 (163+197) by 5-7 6-4 [10-5] bleh

The Klein/Westerhof partnership doesn't seem to be working. Cam & Bradley will almost certainly face Matt Reid & John-Patrick Smith (1) in the QF...

steven · Tennis legend

Centre Court here is being streamed ... but for some reason they've put last week's champ on Court 4

Miriambee · Futures level

Cameron up and running vs. Matt Reid, took the 1st game on his serve, though it went to deuce.

steven · Tennis legend

Decent start from Cam - he had to fend off a break point in that first game but had made 63% of 1st serves so far, winning 83% of the points when his 1st serve goes in and they are both making similar inroads on each other's 2nd serve.

3-2*

Wow ... Cam breaks! *4-2

steven · Tennis legend

Ah, he had 40-15 on his own serve after that but is now facing a break point ... saved ... and he holds for 5-2*

Cam serving for the 1st set ...

30-30

30-40 break point

saved

another bp

saved again

ad-in set point

yes!

6-3 - he took 1/1 bps and saved 4/4

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 4th of February 2014 12:22:25 AM

DWH · Club Coach

Great work from Cam. smile Hope he can see it through

steven · Tennis legend

I had a feeling when I saw the draw that it wouldn't be as one-sided as you might expect given the rankings gap and Reid's form. It's still going to take some doing to win this though.

Then again ... 6-3 1-1* 3 break points!

1 saved

2nd serve ... double fault!

6-3 *2-1

Holds to 15 and at 0-15 in the next game, he has won 13 of the last 15 points!

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 4th of February 2014 12:35:16 AM

DWH · Club Coach

I wan't sure. I knew Reid lost a 16 year old in the AO wildcard playoff recently. But then thought he might have turned a corner and be feeling good after his big win last week.

Come on Cam!

steven · Tennis legend

Reid holds from 15-30 but Cam then holds to 15 to go 6-3 4-2* up

..

Reid holds to love and suddenly has 3 bps having won 7 points in a row.

1 saved ... but he takes the 2nd

6-3 4-4*

..

Wow - Cam breaks again and will serve for the match! 6-3 *5-4

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 4th of February 2014 01:08:46 AM

steven · Tennis legend

15-30 .. 30-30 massive point coming up ..

40-30 match point!

...

Well, wham bam, thank you Cam! (igmc) A massive career best win by over 100 places!

L32: (Q) Cameron Norrie WR 976 beat (6) Matt Reid (AUS) WR 183 (= CH) by 3 & 4

Having virtually doubled his points this week (10 (3+7) to add to his previous 11), Cam should jump over 170 places to around WR 800

DWH · Club Coach

biggrin Yes Cam!!

indiana · Tennis legend

Wow !!

An even reallier cracking result, even verier encouraging !

korriban · Challenger level

A great win! biggrin

Given Cam was born in NZ, raised and educated in NZ, has a NZ passport, played for NZ having been trained and supported through the NZ national tennis system, and following a brief period in GB to train under the LTA as a Brit, has now returned to NZ to make his home........shouldn't one reasonably expect that we will "lose" him at some point?

DWH · Club Coach

Dangerous proposition reading too much into what players do (or do not) tweet but he did tweet last year that he was "in nz finishing school", possibly/presumably with US college in mind? So not necessarily going back just to make his home. Though of course maybe he will, who knows. Haha.