Friday, September 26, 2025

ATP Beijing — Daniil Medvedev vs Cameron Norrie

Event: China Open • Surface: Hard • Round: Main Draw

🌀 Form slide & mindset wobble: a year of blown leads (NA swing + Hangzhou vs Wu). Post-USO split with longtime coach Cervara; searching for clarity.
🏙️ Beijing comfort: Finalist ’23, SF ’24 — venue history is elite.
🧱 Identity: deep return, absorb-and-redirect, backhand wall. On slower Beijing hard, his coverage usually shines if belief holds.

↕️ Stop-start season: mid-year uptick (clay/grass surge), but fitness dip and inconsistency returned in the USO series.
⛓️ Asian opener: tough loss in Chengdu to Yi Zhou after nearly 3 hours.
🧩 Profile match-up: heavy topspin FH + flat BH patterns can bother Daniil when he’s passive.

Medvedev leads 4–1 (Norrie’s lone win: Roland Garros ’25 in five).

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