Cameron Norrie suffered a shock defeat by the hands of Spanish teenager Rafael Jodar dropping 6-3 6-2 in his opening match of the Abierto Mexicant Telcel.
The first set was a good affair and remained on serve earlier than Jodar broke Norrie in the eighth sport – on his second try – and went on to serve out the set.
An out-of-sorts Norrie then struggled to reply in the second set and was blown away by the facility hitting blitz from the 19-year-old who reeled off 5 video games in a row throughout which he solely misplaced two factors.
The end result was a straight units victory for the spectacular teenager, and world no. 114, and the largest triumph of his profession to date. Jodar will now face both Grigor Dimitrov or Terence Atmane in the second spherical.
The win was additionally Jodar’s first victory in the ATP 500 and got here after he was awarded a wildcard spot in the Mexican Open predominant draw.
Jodar, who’s from Leganes, was entered into the qualifying stage of the match however organisers moved him into the primary draw due to his earlier outcomes on tour. He reached the ultimate of the Challenger 125 in Canberra in addition to the second spherical of the Australian Open having come via the qualifiers to attain the primary draw of a Grand Slam for the very first time.
The teenager had additionally impressed in two earlier ATP tour occasions, reaching the last-16 of the Delray Beach Open earlier than being downed by Taylor Fritz and efficiently reaching the primary draw of the Dallas Open after straight set wins over Murphy Cassone and Mitchell Krueger in qualifying.
Beating Norrie, in a match that solely lasted 56 minutes, means a lift to Jodar’s rating because the teenager is now on the point of getting into the highest 100 for the primary time.
