Queen’s Club: Cameron Norrie bows out as Jack Draper triumphs at cinch Championships | Tennis News

British No 1 Cameron Norrie loses 6-7 (2-7) 6-1 6-4 to Grigor Dimitrov in the first round of the cinch Championships at Queen’s Club; British youngster Jack Draper defeats American world No 14 Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-2 to reach second round

Cameron Norrie took the first set against Grigor Dimitrov but the Bulgarian fought back to win

British No 1 Cameron Norrie fell at the first hurdle in the cinch Championships as he lost in three sets to Grigor Dimitrov at Queen’s Club.

World No 11 Norrie, seeded third, came to Queen’s on the back of a fine clay-court season and hoping to go one better than last year when he lost in the final to Matteo Berrettini.

But despite taking a tight first set after a tie-break, Norrie was immediately pegged back by experienced Bulgarian Dimitrov, the 2014 champion.

Norrie had break points in the deciding set but failed to capitalise and it was former world No 3 Dimitrov who took his chances to wrap up a 6-7 (2-7) 6-1 6-4 victory.

Dimitrov beat Feliciano Lopez in the 2014 final

British youngster Jack Draper had earlier scored the biggest win of his career by beating world No 14 Taylor Fritz.

The 20-year-old, back at the scene of his first ATP Tour win, against Jannik Sinner last year, surged past American Fritz 6-3 6-2 to reach the second round.

After a hugely impressive display of powerful hitting, Draper sealed his first win over a top-20 player with a second-serve ace.

Jack Draper is through to the second round of the cinch Championships

Draper, now one of four British men inside the world’s top 100, said: “We’re in a really good place now.

“It was amazing, I enjoyed my time out here. [I’m] at the start of my career, haven’t played in front of this many people that often. I’m just glad of the way I played today.”

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