{"id":55150,"date":"2023-02-23T19:11:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T00:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=55150"},"modified":"2023-02-23T19:11:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T00:11:19","slug":"cameron-norrie-thiago-monteiro-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/02\/23\/cameron-norrie-thiago-monteiro-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Norrie overcomes Thiago Monteiro after a long battle in Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Second seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain edged past Thiago Monteiro of Brazil 7-5 7-5 in a second-round match of the Rio Open on Wednesday. The match lasted for well over two hours, as Cameron Norrie had to endure a stiff resistance from the Brazilian on the day.<\/p>\n<p>The Brit will take on Hugo Dellien of Bolivia in the quarterfinal on Friday. Now, we will take a look at how the match progressed:<\/p>\n<h2>Cameron Norrie Overcomes Thiago Monteiro After Battle in Rio<\/h2>\n<h4>Monteiro often opted for high shots in the first set:<\/h4>\n<p>Monteiro tried to utilize the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/05\/23\/cameron-norrie-finding-his-clay-feet\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">high bounce of the surface<\/a> by playing high shots repeatedly early on in the match. However, Norrie was able to deal with them quite well and broke the Brazilian in the very first game.<\/p>\n<p>However, Monteiro got a break back in the 10th game of the set, even as Norrie served for the set. The Brazilian hit a few thunderous down-the-line winners off his forehand, including one on the break point in the 10th game that kissed the tram line before going past Norrie.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Norrie managed to break him again and then served out the first set. The set went on for an hour and 20 minutes, as the Brit finally managed to prevail.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"QNhy9N9GSt1hRM9XOkPROA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1468686755\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'QNhy9N9GSt1hRM9XOkPROA',sig:'-0KEG2lYIsnKpzxfmD1pd2q5AX3CB8KpVdD_LM0YAg4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1468686755',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Cameron Norrie proved to be the more clinical player again in the second set:<\/h4>\n<p>Norrie once again got a break up early in the second set, but Monteiro broke back to level the score. However, the Brit once again broke him and then served out the match ultimately.<\/p>\n<p>Monteiro&#8217;s backhand was not at par with his forehand, as the Brazilian committed quite a few errors off it in the match. He hit a few of his shots long to gift some easy points to the Brit. In comparison, Norrie was more clinical and played better during key moments.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain edged past Thiago Monteiro of Brazil 7-5 7-5 in a second-round match of the Rio Open on Wednesday. The match lasted for well over two hours, as Cameron Norrie had to endure a stiff resistance from the Brazilian on the day. 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