Three and a half years have passed since Cameron Nuri leaving the Indian tennis garden after it was shocked by the tennis world by winning one of the most important awards in this sport. Height in the top ten of the ATP and half -Wimbledon semi -finals after a short period.
Despite the highly positive previous offers during the past week in the desert, Nuri is still a great distance from cloning his old success. The 29-year-old was dismantled in the third round of Wales Indian by Tommy Paul, who was gained by larger weapons and confidence in the crucial moments of his victory 6-3, 7-5.
After a very difficult season last year, which he saw for three months due to the injury after he faced his shape for most of the year, it was difficult to obtain positive results for Nuri and he fell to 77 in the classification.
However, there was recently a glimmer of hope. He reached the third round this week by playing some of his best forgetting more than a year ago and winning in the second round over the 24th of Jerry Lika, he achieved his first victory in 25 years since the Australian Open last January.
Nuri and Paul are two Hamiman friends who play together frequently and know each other well. Paul, who stormed the first ten positions for the first time in his career last month, to become a distinguished player, with a completely flowing game and excellent sports games.
Although both players struggled early, Paul eventually dominated the control, dismantling the long and productive stock exchanges, Nuri tried to absorb it with much greater weight than the penalties and networks, while he was brilliantly drawn. Nuri fought hard to the end, as he returned himself to the second group by recovering Paul’s break with 10 consecutive points.
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However, Nuri’s lack of confidence in his game was clear in the decisive moments, from the chaotic mistakes that had not been presented to his opponent three years ago on the way his service collapsed in the end.
Lower 6-5 in Group Two, with everything still played, Nuri gave his friend’s final match with three double errors, including one of the absence at the match point. This time, Nuri Wales Indian will leave after making real progress, but with a long way in front of him trying to find his way towards the top of the game.