Cameron Norrie continued his return to competitive form at the Los Cabos Open, securing a straight-sets victory over James Duckworth to advance to the quarter-finals. Norrie defeated Duckworth 6-4 6-4 in a match that lasted just over 90 minutes, bouncing back from a six-match losing streak that had spanned clay and grass surfaces. The British No. 2 had opened his hard-court campaign successfully on Monday with a win over Aleksandar Kovacevic, and his performance against Duckworth confirmed he was regaining momentum.
During the opening set, Norrie fell behind after losing his opening service game to trail 2-0, but recovered by breaking serve twice to establish a 4-3 lead before claiming the set. In the second set, he briefly dominated by building a double-break advantage and leading 5-2, though a subsequent break of serve created a tighter finish than expected. Norrie ultimately required three match points to seal the victory, setting up a quarter-final meeting with Australian Bernard Tomic.
Norrie’s seeding of fifth puts him among the higher-ranked remaining competitors in the draw. The tournament has already seen significant upsets, with top seed Jiri Lehecka eliminated by Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong and fourth-seeded Karen Khachanov defeated by Tomic.
At the Mubadala DC Open in Washington, Naomi Osaka continued her strong tournament run by advancing to the quarter-finals. Osaka’s opponent, Ashlyn Krueger, retired from their match trailing 6-3 3-1 due to a right ankle injury that worsened over the course of play. This represents Osaka’s third consecutive tournament in which she has reached the quarter-final stage. The third-seeded Osaka will next face Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the last eight. Osaka is competing in her first tournament since Wimbledon.
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