{"id":2869,"date":"2026-04-12T21:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/2869\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:26:39","slug":"tennis-atp-barcelona-2026-norrie-aims-to-spoil-wawrinkas-retirement-tour-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/2869\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis | ATP Barcelona 2026 | Norrie aims to spoil Wawrinka\u2019s retirement tour in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Tony FairbairnCameron Norrie [7] v Stan Wawrinka [WC]H2H: Wawrinka leads 2-0BARCELONA, SPAIN \u2013 Cameron Norrie aims to spoil Stan Wawrinka\u2019s retirement tour as the two clash in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>H2H &amp; Match FundamentalsCameron Norrie [7] v Stan Wawrinka [WC] \u00a0\u00a0H2H: Wawrinka leads 2-0 \u00a0ATP Barcelona 2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Barcelona, Spain\u00a0 \u00a0Clay (O)\u00a0Prize Money: \u20ac22,770Third on Pista Rafa Nadal (Not before 15:00 BST) \u00a0<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>After a positive performance in Monte-Carlo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/player.cgi?p=CameronNorrie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cameron Norrie <\/a>will look to build on that in Barcelona when he faces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/player.cgi?p=StanWawrinka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stan Wawrinka <\/a>in the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tale of the Tape \u2013 Key Stats (Last 52 Weeks)H2H:Cameron Norrie (WR 24)Stan Wawrinka (WR 104) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tournament Previous BestQuarter-Final (2021, 2022, 2024) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Semi-Final (2006, 2008) \u00a01st Serve %65.956Service Games Won %81.976.9Break Points Saved %67.3592nd Serve Return Points Won %51.250Break Points Converted %38.134.4<\/p>\n<p>Norrie will aim to be aggressive and proactive on serve while the second serve return points could be a crucial factor in deciding who wins this match.<\/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.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Playing styles and prediction<\/p>\n<p>After a 20 year career at the highest level, Wawrinka will be retiring from tennis after a sensational season. It has been an incredible career for Wawrinka and he will be hoping he can end it in sensational style with his run to the third round of the Australian Open showing that he still has good tennis left in him. The question is does Wawrinka have the physicality and consistency to maintain this level on the clay?<\/p>\n<p>Norrie will aim to extend the rallies and use variety to force unforced errors from Wawrinka\u2019s game. Meanwhile, Wawrinka will aim to be aggressive on first serve and will use the backhand to implement his first strike tennis. This will be a big test for Norrie who is yet to beat Wawrinka in his career. However, the Brit\u2019s consistency and physicality may prove too much for Wawrinka although it wouldn\u2019t be a complete surprise if Wawrinka rolled back the years in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Norrie in three sets.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch\/Follow ATP Barcelona 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Tony FairbairnCameron Norrie [7] v Stan Wawrinka [WC]H2H: Wawrinka leads 2-0BARCELONA, SPAIN \u2013 Cameron Norrie aims to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2031,92,2052,2053],"class_list":{"0":"post-2869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-atp-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona","10":"tag-cameron-norrie","11":"tag-stan-wawrinka"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}