British number two Cameron Norrie is from the Cincinnati Open after a loss of the second round for veteran Roberto Bautista Agut.
Norrie recently beat the world number 53 in four sets in Wimbledon, with his first round victory that led a run to the quarterfinals at the All England Club.
When the 32nd seed in Ohio, Norrie had a first round bye before he met the 37-year-old Spaniard, but with the temperature that passed 30 ° C, he seemed to struggle in the heat on his way to a 6-4 6-3 defeat.
Norrie’s last outing came open in the Canadian, where he was defeated in the second round by world number 99 Aleksandar Vukic.
He continued his American open preparations in Cincinnati and Bautista Agut did well to hold his serve after three long games, while he broke Norrie’s in the fourth game.
When he served at 5-2, Norrie was visibly drenched with sweat and changed his shirt prior to Deuce before he turned two set points.
The 29-year-old then broke back to bring the score to 5-4-from his sixth breaking point but served a double error in the next game, allowing Bautista Agut to conquer the first set.
Norrie continued to see there during the second, but remained competitive, which saved five match points to reduce his deficit to 5-3, despite serving three double errors.
But Bautista Agut, who only played his second game since Wimbledon, made no mistake at his second match point in the next game.
After Montreal, this is the second consecutive tournament that Norrie fell at his first obstacle and he has lost three of his five games since his run on SW19 was stopped by world number two Carlos Alcaraz.
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