Sandgren continued to perform at a high level as he defeated a nervous Norrie to win the Auckland title. The American once again grew into the match, starting off with some nervous baseline play in the midway stage of the 1st set, where he lost a break lead, but he really did start to express himself, dominated with his usual serve and forehand combinations and left Norrie behind in the baseline battle. Norrie looked incredibly shaken on the court as he failed to cover the court with the same sort of liveliness, and coughed up way too many backhand errors, which was occurring on a regular basis all match. Norrie did open up his shoulders and play a bit more relaxed momentarily when he fell a set and a break down, but it simply wasn't his day, and he couldn't sustain any of his points. This was Norrie's worst performance of the week, while Sandgren's strengths came to the fore. Sandgren 6/4 6/2