Cameron Norrie of Great Britain needed just 62 minutes to handle Australia’s James Duckworth 7-5, 6-0 in the first round of the Bybit Stockholm Open on Monday in Sweden.
Norrie ripped off 10 aces without a double fault, saved the only break point he faced and won a remarkable 33 of 37 first-service points (89.2%). Duckworth served to open the second set and lost every point, setting the tone for Norrie’s spotless run.
Duckworth committed 28 unforced errors, compared with Norrie’s eight. Norrie’s reward is a Round of 16 clash with top-seeded Taylor Fritz.
No. 5 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina fought past Swedish wild card Max Dahlin 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3. No. 6 seed Alex Michelsen was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann, and French No. 7 seed Ugo Humbert saved 8 of 11 break points on his way to beating Paraguay’s Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6-4, 6-3.
Croatian qualifier Borna Gojo and British qualifier Toby Samuel also advanced in straight sets.