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Patna : World No 49 Cameron Norrie, 25, UK, stunned top seed & World No 4 Dominic Thiem, 27, Austria, in straight sets in 2nd round of ATP Lyon Open atLyon, France, on May 20, 2021, to sail into the quarter-finals of the tournament. Norrie thumped Thiem 6-3, 6-2 in just 75 minutes in 2nd round winning 3 break points and 5 games in a row during the match.
Reigning US Open champion Thiem committed 4 double faults in the match to 2 by Norrie. The Brit fired 3 Aces during the match to 2 by the Austrian. Norrie, in all, won 55 points during the match to only 34 by Thiem, who had also made a 3rd round exit at Italian Open recently. The Brit won 19 receiving points to 9 by the Austrian.
World No 52 Richard Gasquet, 34, France, upset 3rd seed & World No 10 Diego Schwartzman, 28, Argentina, 6-3, 7-5 in 2nd round to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament. Gasquet fired 7 Aces during the match to just 1 by Schwartzman. The Frenchman won 5 break points during the match to 3 by Schwartzman.
Second seed & World No Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, beat World No 53 Tommy Paul, 24, USA, 6-1, 6-4 firing 5 Aces to reach the QFs of the event. Tsitsipas won 3 break points and 5 games in a row during the match. Tsitsipas will face World No 60 Yoshihito Nishioka, 25, Japan, in QFs.