Top seeds Norrie, Opelka into Delray Beach semis
by 0 DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Top-seeded Cameron Norrie reached the semifinals of the Delray Beach Open, beating No. 5 seed Sebastian Korda 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (4) on Friday.
Korda won the first two points of the deciding tiebreaker, then lost six of the next seven points and didn’t recover. He was a finalist last year.
Norrie will face fourth-seeded Tommy Paul in the semifinals. Paul, who has dropped only six games in his two matches at Delray so far this year, eased past Stefan Kozlov 6-3, 6-1.
No. 2 seed and 2020 Delray champion Reilly Opelka also made the semifinals, beating Adrian Mannarino 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-1. Opelka will face either No. 3 seed Grigor Dimitrov or John Millman.
