by By James Toney in Wimbledon
Cameron Norrie is now the focus of Wimbledon – just keep it from the Center Court.
Norrie is the last British man in the All England Club, who stood against the Italian Mattia Bellucci after a 7-6, 6-4, 6: 3 victory in the third round. However, if it is the only standard carrier, he does it very well to distract him.
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British players shouldn’t have fun here. These are to be endured, not enjoyed – crippled by the weight of national expectation. You could scale the heights of your sport in the other 50 weeks of the year, but if you frustrate in these fourteen days, be ready for anger.
Norrie swallows the trend, his bright white smile fits his bright white shorts when he grinned for the fourth time in his career in the last 16 of a Grand Slam.
“I will play in every place, but that’s my mood at No. 1, the amount got loud every big moment and I felt that it really changed the dynamics in the game,” he said.
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“I am really relaxed at this tournament. I don’t cloud my mind with things – I just try to use the amount to my advantage. I would like to give you something that you can cheer on, and hopefully you know that you have played a role in this victory.
“I really hit the ball, although I might have started a bit cocky. I stolen the first set with a really good tie fracture, and I just had to survive the storm if I had to.
“What I am most proud is how I enjoy my tennis, and maybe experience has paid off. I am here to compete with each other, and it feels a bit like 2022 – but there is still a long way.
He enjoyed a strong campaign to the sound court and reached the fourth round in Roland Garros and the semi-finals in Geneva, where he came across Novak Djokovic on both occasions.
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Grass is said to be his surface, but the defeats in the first round at Queen’s and Eastbourne didn’t offer much reason for trust when he returned to the All England Club, where his semi -finals stayed with a major three years ago.
He took an early break into the break, but remained composed to achieve a narrow first set tie break-a brilliant pass shot when things were determined how the moment of sliding doors was involved.
British No. 3 expanded this advantage in a fast second set and ultimately his experience showed the difference.
Bellucci had only a Grand Slam victory in five games before this year’s Wimbledon, and a comeback always seemed much unlikely. The Italian has never played a five-set match.
Norrie began to amuse and swung freely, his self -confidence was clearly occupied by a win in the second round against the French 12th seed Frances Tiafoe.
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Next comes Chiles Nicolás Jarry, a unique top 16 player who came into the world after earning inflammation in the world rankings. He won her only previous meeting, but that was seven years ago.
“He is one of the most dangerous players on the tour when he is confident. He got through qualifying – he has nothing to lose.
“He has one of the best services on tour and really likes the grass. He did a top ten player in Holger Rune and just took out one of the best young players in João Fonseca.
“At the beginning of the year, I think I struggled with expectations and forgot the basics. I do not change anything because I feel good. I want to give people again and again – and I am not being carried away too much.”
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It is a little more difficult to cope with the expectation when they are Carlos Alcaraz and try to join Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic – the only other players who won three players in the modern period.
He did not quite reach the top level, but even underpinned Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff 6: 1 3-6 6-3 6-4 with the dangerous Andrey Rublev next.
“It was stressful, I suffered from every service game, he really urged myself and it was about survival,” he said.
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