Week 9 - ATP 500 - Abierto Mexicano TELCEL - Acapulco, Mexico (hard)

Jiwan · Club Coach

Week 9 - ATP 500 - Abierto Mexicano TELCEL - Acapulco, Mexico (hard)

Jiwan · Club Coach

Cam breaks to 15

4-2

Jiwan · Club Coach

Taken to deus but serves out.

5-2

Jiwan · Club Coach

5-3

Jiwan · Club Coach

Cam wins 3 and 3

Very comfortably

JonH · All-time great

indiana wrote:
Ace Ventura wrote:
JonH wrote:
Despite dubai having significantly higher prizemoney, acapulco has 7 top ten players versus 1 in dubai and 12 top 20 total versus 2. Doubles entry much stronger
Outside of the seeds it's pretty equal but quite startling difference
Suppose it will be easier and more convenient for those to venture up to Indian Wells.
Dubai still normally manages much better fields. Last year's top 3 seeds were Murray, Wawrinka and Federer. This year they are Dimitrov, Pouille and Bautista Agut. Not the field they would have expected for the dosh they are putting up.

perhaps acapulco has ploughed a lot into appearance fees this season?

Nonetheless, well done to Cam on joining them in the main draw, good win over Kudla

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Its very popular on the ladies side Nicole Gibbs on her vlog last year described it as one of her favourite venues because of the way they look after the players and the player friendly set up.

flamingowings · All-time great

Cam got Thiem.

JonH · All-time great

Tough one. Then winner plays nishikori or Shapovalov, then maybe del Potro. Not easy!

indiana · Tennis legend

Err, yes not the easiest.

Cam's qualifying 20 points evidently have him for now with a live ranking of 109 which would be a CH by one place. Plenty players though close behind and ready to relegate him with a win or two.

He has nothing to defend until June so hopefully can steadily ( though spectacularly is fine ) push his ranking up into the top 100.

christ · Futures level

Jiwan wrote:
Taken to deus but serves out.

5-2

Praying for success?

christ · Futures level

flamingowings wrote:
Cam got Thiem.

The draw opens up if he wins the first round! (Nishikori or Shapovalov!!)

-- Edited by christ on Monday 26th of February 2018 10:13:05 AM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Probably the worst spot possible for Cam, but Thiem is beatable. Fellow US challenger circuit player Sandgren beat him at the Aussie Open and it will be Cam's best (or most prevalent) surface vs Dom's worst. Had this been on clay then it would probably have been a write off (despite his DC heroics) but while still an outsider, he will have half a chance here. As others say though, it certainly doesn't get any easier should he pull it off.

Jan · Hall of fame

Well done Cam and good luck vs Thiem!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

For the record (with updated rankings):

FQR: (q3) Cameron Norrie WR 113 defeated (q8) Denis Kudla (USA) WR 172 by 3 & 3 smile

*****

L32: (Q) Cameron Norrie WR 113 vs (3) Dominic Thiem (AUT) WR 6 (CH = 4 last November) bleh