(file pic : Stefanos Tsitsipas)
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Patna : World No 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, thumped World No 49 Cameron Norries, 25, Britain, in straight sets in final to win the ATP Lyon Open singles title at Lyon, France, on May 23, 2021.
Tsitsipas, who had won the Monte-Carlo Masters title on April 18, 2021, and reached the final of Barcelona Open the same month, beat Norrie 6-3, 6-3 in final in 69 minutes winning 3 break points to lift the singles title and 250 Rankings Points plus prize money. Runner-up Norrie secured 150 Rankings points plus prize money.
Second seed Tsitsipas fired 7 Aces in the match to none by the Brit. Norrie, who had stunned top seed & reigning US Open champion Dominic Thiem, 27, Austria, in Round of 16, committed 5 double faults to 1 by the Greek. Tsitsipas won 4 games in a row during the match. The Greek, in all, won 59 points during the match to 41 points by Norrie. Tsitsipas won 9 service games in the match to 6 by Norrie.