Cam Norrie hailed as Queen’s rival outlines area of his game that stands out

Alcaraz enjoys unusual cool-down method

Cameron Norrie has been labelled a tennis warrior by Friday’s opponent Seb Korda. The British No. 1 is in quarter-final action in the cinch Championship at Queen’s against the son of former world no. 2 Petr Korda, who has much respect for Norrie’s fighting talents.

“He is definitely one of the biggest fighters on tour,” he said. “He doesn’t give you very many free points. He doesn’t get tired, he doesn’t cramp and he brings a big intensity to the courts – those are his three biggest weapons,” He then added: “And his all-round game is super solid while being a lefty – it makes things even trickier.”

It was beginning to sound like a Monty Python sketch, but the real Spanish inquisition is likely to take place in Saturday’s semi-final.
Ominously, Carlos Alcaraz went straight out to practise a few more serves after seeing off Jiri Lehecka 6-2, 6-3 and the 20-year-old from Spain is expected to win his quarter-final against qualifier Grigor Dimitov just as easily.

He then revealed his increasing comfort on grass is down to studying videos of Andy Murray.

“I mean, I watch some videos about my opponents first,” he said, “and then I have a lot of time to watch videos, to learn from the best players in the world.

“Right now I want to look up to the best players on grass and movers – Roger Federer and Andy for me are the best players that are moving great on grass. So I want to be the same, you know, like them.

“Novak Djokovic slides like he’s on a clay court, so I try to put similar stuff in my game that Roger and Andy do on grass.”

That said, Korda is just as positive about his own grass court prospects. His Czech father Petr never got past round two at Wimbledon, until 1998 when he lost to Tim Henman in the quarters before he was disqualified after failing a drugs test.

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“I’m very confident in myself on the grass court. I move really well and definitely have a game that not many people have,” Korda Jr insisted. I’m an aggressive player, I like to come to the net, I have good hands and I definitely feel as if I am one of the favourites at Wimbledon.”

Norrie, on the other hand, is more loath to get into self-promotion. When asked if he would be interested in providing an episode for the ongoing Netflix series Break Point, the 27-year-old said: “I think it’s a distraction having the cameraman there full-time.

“For me it’s more important to keep training as hard as I can and be known for being a tennis player and a good competitor.”

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