Los Cabos Open: Cameron Norrie vs. Elias Ymer 7/21/21 Tennis Prediction

Top seeded Cameron Norrie of Great Britain will face Elias Ymer of Sweden in the Round of 16 of the 2021 Los Cabos Open. The match is scheduled to be played on Wednesday July 21st, 2021 at 8:00pm EST.

Cameron Norrie has quietly been having a fantastic season, which is allowed him to break into the top 30 for the first time. He is the top seed here at the Los Cabos Open and is one of the main contenders for the title here. Elias Ymer is a promising young player who has had an inconsistent start to his NBA career. Can he pull of the massive upset and reach his first ATP Quarter-Final of the year?

Cameron Norrie is ranked #30 in the ATP world rankings and is seeded first at an ATP event for the first time in his career. The hard-working Brit has been having an outstanding season so far in 2021, reaching three Finals thus far, however failing to win any. He will be hoping that this will be the scene of his breakthrough title, and the draw has opened up nicely for him here. Norrie is an ultra-consistent baseline player without any real weapons, but his “scrappy” style of play frustrates opponents at times, and his serve has improved a lot in recent times. He is the big favorite here against Elias Ymer, and should have no trouble here as he has the advantage in most of the key areas, including experience.

Elias Ymer is unseeded here at the Los Cabos Open, and is ranked #169 on the Tour. Once ranked inside the top 100, he has had some poor results over the past few seasons and finds himself languishing on the Challenger Tour most of the time. The young Swede has a big game despite his small stature, and is one of the quickest players on Tour. However, lack of focus and poor shot selection is usually his downfall, and this could be a recipe for disaster against Cameron Norrie who is very consistent and mentally strong. If Ymer serves well he can make it somewhat interesting, but he enters this match as a massive underdog. He will be full of confidence after his solid opening round win over the higher-ranked Matthew Ebden, and it will be interesting how he plays here.

This is a very straightforward match to predict, and it will result in a straight-sets win for Cameron Norrie. He is much too consistent for his inexperienced opponent Elias Ymer, and will frustrate him into committing numerous errors. He has been working on his aggressiveness and serve recently and they are much improved, and I expect him to comfortably win here, and he has a good shot at finally claiming his first ATP Title. Cameron Norrie to cruise here in straight sets, advancing to the Quarter-Finals of the 2021 Los Cabos Open.