Medvedev Back In Win Column, Beats Norrie In Los Cabos For First Title Of 2022
It was a long wait (for him), but Daniil Medvedev collected his first ATP title since the US Open with a 7-5, 6-0 win over defending champion Cameron Norrie.
“The good thing about tennis is that in one week you can turn around your season,” said Medvedev. “Coming here I had lost five finals in a row. That’s not nice, I want to do better.
“You never know if it’s going to happen or not, and for sure before this final I was a little bit nervous, a little bit more than usual. But now I’m really happy.”
Medvedev, who beat the Brit in their only other meeting at 2019 Shanghai, broke Norrie at 5-all and never looked back winning the last eight games of the match.
“First set we broke each other two times to be at 5-all and he actually came back from 40-15 and I didn’t play bad in that game at 5-4,” Medvedev told the crowd. “So I knew I just had to stay there. Actually bleeding helped me I think a little bit so I could hold my nerve a little bit more. Since then I just managed to play good and it was enough today.”
The title broke of streak of five straight losses in finals for the Russian. He earned his 14th career tour title.
In his tournament debut, Medvedev didn’t lose a set, and he starts his march to his US Open title defense in perfect fashion.
“I fought as hard as I could but Daniil, he was too good,” Norrie said on court. “Well done to you and your team, definitely deserved it this week.”
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