Cameron Norrie downs Nick Kyrgios at the Diriyah Tennis Cup

Cameron Norrie played a really solid first match at the Diriyah Tennis Cup taking down an erratic Nick Kyrgios 10-6 10-6.

There wasn't much control from Nick Kyrgios in his first match in Saudia Arabia as Norrie was able to set the tone early in this match and it never escaped from his control. The British player opened the match up 5-1 thanks to some great returning and Kyrgios never settled in after that.

Before the event, Norrie promised a big year wanting to improve even further and that was a good start. He certainly took it way more seriously than Kyrgios did who won't be very happy with this loss as he was looking forward to playing for the huge prize money.

He might have better luck in the Emirates in the next few weeks when he takes part in the Tennis League in Dubai.