Rafa Nadal continues resurgent form with Mexican Open final triumph over Cameron Norrie

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Marc Mayo27 February 2022

Rafa Nadal has claimed his second title of the year with a straight-sets victory over Cameron Norrie in Sunday’s Mexican Open final.

After his Australian Open triumph, the Spaniard downed new world No1 Daniil Medvedev in the semi-final to set up a clash with British No1 Norrie, who had defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach a second successive ATP final.

Nadal broke midway through the first set to take a 3-2 lead and never looked back as he swooped to a fourth Mexican Open crown.

Norrie was broken in the opening game of the next set before he hit back to be a 1-1, but the world number five broke him again in the fifth game to go ahead 3-2.

Nadal broke Norrie a third time to take a 5-2 lead, yet the younger man rallied to pull a break back before running out of energy to fall 6-4 6-4 in an hour and 54 minutes.

Nadal's four titles - he has previously won in 2005, 2013 and 2020 - have him equal with David Ferrer and Thomas Muster as the most successful male players at Acapulco.

Additional reporting by PA Media.

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