FWST: TCU’s Cameron Norrie eyeing pro career after run to finals

FWST: TCU’s Cameron Norrie eyeing pro career after run to finals

BY RUSTY HALL [email protected]

 TCU’s Cameron Norrie has had an impressive summer, winning back-to-back Futures titles, and reaching Sunday’s final at the $100,000 Nordic Naturals Challenger in Aptos, Calif.

After battling through qualifying, Norrie came up short, losing to top seed Daniel Evans in the all-British final, 6-3, 6-4.

Evans, the second-highest-ranked British player behind world No. 2 Andy Murray, overcame two service breaks in the second set to beat Norrie, who had never reached the quarterfinals of a Challenger event before this week and whose ATP ranking will climb from No. 636 to begin the year to about No. 305 when the official rankings are released.

“I’ve always known that I can compete with these guys, and it’s nice to have a result that proves that,” Norrie told the ATP website before the final.

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