Norrie wins Delray Beach Open

Brit Cameron Norrie beat American Reilly Opelka 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (7-4) to win Delray Beach Open on Sunday, his third career ATP title.

Norrie won a first set tiebreak before the 6′ 10″ Opelka forced another in the second.

The American hit 25 aces but Norrie kept his cool asn d eded ahead 5-4 in the second tie break to take out the match.

“I thought I played a very clean match,” Norrie said.

“I didn’t face a break point so that was great. I was happy with the way I played and obviously with the result.

“The tie-breaks I played extremely aggressively, the second one especially. I managed to put a couple of balls away and I was reading the play great.

“I’m super happy to get the win and beat a guy like Reilly, who is confident and playing well and won (in Dallas) last week.’

Peter Rowe

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