Cam Norrie hailed as Queen’s rival outlines space of his recreation that stands out
Cameron Norrie has been labelled a tennis warrior by Friday’s opponent Seb Korda. The British No. 1 is in quarter-final motion within the cinch Championship at Queen’s in opposition to the son of former world no. 2 Petr Korda, who has a lot respect for Norrie’s preventing skills.
“He is definitely one of the biggest fighters on tour,” he stated. “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 starting to sound like a Monty Python sketch, however the actual Spanish inquisition is prone to happen in Saturday’s semi-final.
Ominously, Carlos Alcaraz went straight out to practise a couple of extra serves after seeing off Jiri Lehecka 6-2, 6-3 and the 20-year-old from Spain is predicted to win his quarter-final in opposition to qualifier Grigor Dimitov simply as simply.
He then revealed his growing consolation on grass is right down to learning movies of Andy Murray.
“I mean, I watch some videos about my opponents first,” he stated, “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 stated, Korda is simply as optimistic about his personal grass court docket prospects. His Czech father Petr by no means acquired previous spherical two at Wimbledon, till 1998 when he misplaced to Tim Henman within the quarters earlier than he was disqualified after failing a medicine take a look at.
“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 participant, I like to come back to the online, I’ve good arms and I positively really feel as if I’m one of many favourites at Wimbledon.”
Norrie, then again, is extra loath to get into self-promotion. When requested if he could be keen on offering an episode for the continued Netflix sequence Break Point, the 27-year-old stated: “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.”