Mattia Bellucci scares Cameron Norrie by just one set

Mattia Bellucci, world number 73, was beaten in the third round of the men’s singles at Wimbledon by British home favorite Cameron Norrie, number 61, with a score of 7-6 6-4 6-3 in two hours and 28 minutes of play.

The first break, already in the first game of the match, belongs to the 24-year-old born in Busto Arsizio, who in the next game saves three counterbreak points, including two consecutive ones, then misses three consecutive ones for 3-0 and also one for 5-2. Bellucci, however, gets a comeback at 4-4, at which time he misses two balls to go back ahead by a break and then ends up losing a hard-fought tie-break 7-5.

The first game of the match was played by Bellucci.

In the first game of the second set this time it was Norrie who extended, but Mattia from 0-2 turned the situation around by going 3-2 with break recovered. The Briton, however, on 3-3 breaks serve again from the Lombard and shortly after goes ahead by two sets.

Bellucci saves the break.

Bellucci saves yet another break point in the first game of the third set, then suffers five consecutive games, at 5-2 he recovers one of the two break disadvantages but at 5-3, after missing three game balls, he again gives up his service and also the entire match.