Barcelona Open: Norrie breaks losing streak, books spot in last 16
Cameron Norrie defeated Pavel Kotov 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Australian Jason Kubler and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 9 seed, in the next round
Cameron Norrie at the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters (Antoine Couvercelle/Panoramic)
No 7 seed Cameron Norrie advanced to the last 16 of the Barcelona Open by winning against Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov 6-1, 6-2 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Wednesday.
Norrie, ranked No 13, will face the winner of the match between Australian Jason Kubler and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 9 seed, next.
He had lost in the first round of Miami and Monte-Carlo having reached the quarter-finals of Indian Wells earlier in March.
Kotov, ranked No 108, defeated Ukrainian qualifier Oleksii Krutykh (6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1) in the previous round of the Barcelona tournament.
Barcelona ATP500, other second-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.722.480, most recent results first):
- Jason Kubler vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Daniel Evans vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Pedro Cachin vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Karen Khachanov
- Francesco Passaro vs. Francisco Cerundolo: wednesday
- Alex De Minaur (8) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-0, 6-1
- Yoshihito Nishioka (16) beat David Goffin: 6-1, 7-5
- Jannik Sinner (4) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-2, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov (14) beat Jozef Kovalik (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov (11) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-3, 6-1
- Roberto Bautista Agut (13) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-2, 6-2
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-1
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Frances Tiafoe (5): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (10) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-3
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Ben Shelton: 6-2, 7-6 (1)
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