Can Britain’s Cameron Norrie overcome Novak Djokovic?
Cameron Norrie will run and hit, and run and hit, and run and hit as the court-blanketing endurance machine against whom lengthy rallies and five-set marathons have now been etched and underscored on the tour’s ‘try to avoid’ list.
Stir in some added juice to a refined and weaponised forehand and you are left with one of the circuit’s most improved players across the last year and a half, culminating in a career landmark as just the fourth British man in the Open era to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals.
Norrie overcame an early stumble on Tuesday to out-work and out-stroke his way to a 3-6 7-5 2-6 6-3 7-5 victory over David Goffin and pencil in a final-four showdown with Novak Djokovic, who had fought back from two sets down to defeat Jannik Sinner earlier in the day.
It marks a career-best Grand Slam performance, and a feat that has been brewing for British tennis’ unassuming star.
Norrie has been cycling to and from the Championships such is the relatively short distance between his house and the All England Club, citing…
