Cameron Norrie tells Katie Boulter to embrace stress after changing Raducanu
Cameron Norrie has advised his fellow British No 1 Katie Boulter to embrace being requested to hold the hopes of the nation at Wimbledon. Last yr, prime British man Norrie went all the best way to the semi-final the place he was one set to the nice in opposition to Novak Djokovic earlier than lacking out.
Boulter, although, solely emerged from the group of British ladies ranked round a centesimal on this planet when she gained Nottingham final month. So simply as Norrie will stroll taller for having the house crowd behind him when he faces Tomas Machac within the opening spherical, Boulter ought to relish dealing with Daria Saville when her marketing campaign will get underway in opposition to the Australian the identical day.
“I think you have to embrace it,” mentioned Norrie. “It’s exactly what you want. You want people to want you to be doing well and have that expectation on you.
“It’s nice for her to be British No 1, however I feel there’s so many gamers nonetheless ranked above her. Her potential is so huge. I feel she must look past that and hold pushing and hold going for it.
“I haven’t looked past her first-round draw. But for me, take it match by match and enjoy it. She knows she’s got the level. I would say go for it. It’s exactly where you want to be.”
It comes after Boulter insisted that she isn’t feeling any further stress because the British No 1 forward of Wimbledon regardless of being knocked out at Eastbourne within the first spherical final week. She is prone to take confidence from final yr’s efficiency on the All England Club, when she defeated former finalist Karolina Pliskova within the second spherical on Centre Court.
“I feel very comfortable in my own skin when it comes to that kind of stuff,” she mentioned. “I can do my best and at the end of the day that’s all I can do.
“I do know I’ve put the work in. If it occurs to come back out this week, then nice, it’s a dream come true, however I’ve sat right here and I’ve watched Wimbledon and there’s been many occasions that I haven’t performed Wimbledon, and I actually don’t take something as a right simply being right here and taking part in and being part of this event.
“I haven’t seen any newspapers. Of course it’s nice to feel like people appreciate you, but at the same time it’s about the tennis and I’ve got a lot of work to do. I’ve got to get my job done and keep myself very grounded.”