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Carlos Alcaraz Beats Cameron Norrie To Win Buenos Aires Title
By Burton Vanderfliet, Lawn Tennis Analyst, Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2023 11:14am PST USA
Carlos Alcaraz Beats Cameron Norrie To Win Buenos Aires Title Buenos Aires-- Sunday in the final of the Argentina Open at Buenos Aires, the top seeded Carlos Alcaraz of Spain defeated the second seeded Cameron Noorie of Great Britain 6-3, 7-5 to win his first title of the year.

Hitting aces and powerful goundstokes, Alcaraz raced to a 6-3, 4-1 lead.

Alcaraz then stretched his lead to 5-2 before Norrie held serve to reach 5-3.

Serving for the set, Alcaraz struck a down the line backhand volley wide before committing two forehand errors to trail

Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and Cameron Norrie of Great Britain
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Today in round two of the Rio Open, the top seeded Alcaraz faces the veteran Fabio Fognini of Italy not before 2:00 pm PST USA.

15-40.

Alcaraz struck a down the line forehand winner before double faulting to lose serve.

Serving to stay in the set, Norrie struck a down the line forehand winner to lead 15-0.

Alcaraz netted two down the line forehands to trail 40-15.

The Spaniard netted a down the middle backhand return to level the set a five games all.

Serving at 30-15, Alcaraz struck an overhead winner which he followed up with a down the line forehand winner to hold serve and lead 6-5.

Norrie served up gamepoint before Alcaraz struck a crosscourt forehand dropshot winner to reach deuce.

Norrie then netted a crosscourt backhand to face matchpoint.

Alcaraz struck an inside out crosscourt forehand dropshot winner to end the match after one hour and 33 minutes of play.

Norrie had used his left-handed down the line forehand effectively during the match but it would not be enough.

Today in round two on the clay courts of the Rio Open Presented By Claro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil the top seeded Alcaraz faces the veteran Fabio Fognini of Italy not before 2:00 pm PST USA.

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