Norrie Power-Walks Past Tomic in Fifty Minutes at Los Cabos

Norrie Sweeps Tomic in 50 Minutes, Then Falls to Shapovalov in Los Cabos Semi-final

Cameron Norrie defeated Bernard Tomic in straight sets at the Los Cabos Open on Tuesday, advancing to the semi-finals in 50 minutes. He was then eliminated by defending champion Denis Shapovalov in three sets, ending his run at the tournament. The result caps a promising but ultimately brief appearance for the Scot, who has spent much of 2024 working back from recurring physical complaints that sapped his signature grinding power and turned mid-tier opponents into genuine threats.

Norrie did not win with flamboyance. He controlled the point with movement and heavy groundstrokes, breaking Tomic's serve when it mattered and denying him the time to impose his unpredictability on the quick surface. Tomic found no foothold against a Norrie who appears to have shed much of the rust that slowed him last season.

Norrie's return to form has not been linear. The Scot carried physical issues into much of 2024, which eroded the consistency that had made him a top-ten fixture. This week he has shown rebuilt movement, a sharper second serve, and the temperament that had gone missing. The win over Tomic was not about destiny. It was about discipline, and it confirmed that the adjustments he has been making in training are holding up under match pressure.

The semi-final loss to Shapovalov was a step up in class against a top-20 opponent and a defending champion on a fast Mexican surface. Norrie took the contest to a deciding set, but Shapovalov's experience and home-region form proved too much. The defeat does not erase the quality Norrie displayed against Tomic, but it does answer the question raised by that quarter-final win: whether this resurgence could sustain itself against higher-caliber opposition. It could not, at least not in Los Cabos.

Los Cabos serves as a warm-weather tune-up on the hard-court swing. The tournament rarely produces major upsets, but it offers a reliable check on match sharpness before the North American summer hard-court campaign begins. Reaching the semi-finals, even with the exit, tells Norrie that his preparation is translating. The deeper concern is whether the physical issues that plagued much of 2024 have been fully resolved or merely managed.

A deep run in Los Cabos could provide ranking points and momentum heading into the hard-court swing, where Norrie will need to string together results against players he has struggled with recently. The alternative is another tournament where early-round form looks promising and fades under greater pressure. Norrie has kept it simple. One match in fifty minutes, a semi-final loss, and a tournament to take from.

Updated: August 1, 2026 - Cameron Norrie's Los Cabos run ended in the semi-finals with a three-set defeat to defending champion Denis Shapovalov, after his earlier 50-minute straight-sets win over Bernard Tomic.