{"id":911233,"date":"2026-09-30T17:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/911233\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T17:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:14:11","slug":"tennis-atp-beijing-2026-norrie-looks-to-end-dismal-head-to-head-record-against-zverev-in-beijing-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/911233\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis | ATP Beijing 2026 | Norrie looks to end dismal head-to-head record against Zverev in Beijing opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Tony FairbairnCameron Norrie v Alexander Zverev [1]H2H: Zverev leads 8-0BEIJING, CHINA \u2013 Cameron Norrie is aiming to end his dismal record against Alexander Zverev when the pair meet in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>H2H &amp; Match FundamentalsCameron Norrie v Alexander Zverev [1] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0H2H: Zverev leads 8-0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ATP Beijing 2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Beijing, China \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hard (O)Prize Money: $31,895Third on Capital Group Diamond (Not before 08:00 BST)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtv.com\/watch-sky-sports-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sky\/Now TV<\/a> &lt;- Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/player.cgi?p=CameronNorrie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cameron Norrie <\/a>will be hoping to end his eight match losing streak against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/player.cgi?p=AlexanderZverev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alexander Zverev<\/a> when the pair meet in the opening round of Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tale of the Tape \u2013 Key Stats (Last 52 Weeks)H2H:Cameron Norrie (WR 40)Alexander Zverev (WR 2) \u00a0\u00a0Tournament Previous BestR2 (2019) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Semi-Final (2017, 2019, 2023)1st Serve %63.671.5Service Games Won %81.388.8Break Points Saved %64.259.72nd Serve Return Points Won %49.851.2Break Points Converted %38.239.7<\/p>\n<p>Norrie need to be clinical on return and will be looking to raise his first serve percentage against an aggressive Zverev.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectedclubs.co.uk\/?wpam_id=24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-56592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790788451_544_Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Playing styles and prediction<\/p>\n<p>Zverev has played an aggressive brand of tennis which has led him to two Grand Slam titles this season. The most recent at the US Open means that Zverev has a chance of becoming the world number one in a few weeks time and will be hoping he can boost those chances by claiming a first Beijing title.<\/p>\n<p>Norrie will be looking to be aggressive on the backhand side and create angles to make Zverev move around the court, creating the shorter ball. Meanwhile, Zverev will be aggressive on the first serve and will use the forehand to end the points earlier. In Cincinnati, Norrie was the closest he\u2019s been to beating Zverev and will need to play an aggressive brand of tennis in order to test the German to his limits. The Brit is expected to push Zverev once again but the top seed will be motivated to go one step closer to the world number one ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Zverev in three sets. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch ATP Beijing 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Tony FairbairnCameron Norrie v Alexander Zverev [1]H2H: Zverev leads 8-0BEIJING, CHINA \u2013 Cameron Norrie is aiming to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":911234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[5244,478920,64,63,75033,85,747],"class_list":["post-911233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-atp-beijing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cameron-norrie","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}