Cameron Norrie will get Wimbledon backing from Jon Bon Jovi
Cameron Norrie has revealed he may have the backing of Jon Bon Jovi at Wimbledon. The British No 1 faces Italian Lorenzo Musetti within the third spherical of the French Open in Paris on Friday with the winner set to face Carlos Alcaraz. But looking forward to the following Grand Slam, the world No 13 mentioned he may have the help of the rock legend at SW19.
At the Miami Open in March, Norrie first spoke about his friendship with the legendary musician which happened by way of Norrie’s American girlfriend Louise Jacob. Norrie and tennis addict Bon Jovi hit collectively in Florida after which had lunch.
“It was so cool to play with him,” mentioned final yr’s Wimbledon semi-finalist. “He is really liking tennis more and more, and I think he’s going to make an appearance at Wimbledon and come watch. Maybe in my box. We’ll see. So it’s cool to see him enjoying it. To meet him and to hang out with him was great.
“I’m not likely the most important of his followers. I clearly respect his music and I do know plenty of his songs. It is cool to see him getting concerned in tennis and liking it. He’s taking part in nearly every single day, so it is good to see.”
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“I’ll hopefully see him hitting some balls over Wimbledon time. I’m positive he’ll be having fun with Wimbledon. I feel he has a few reveals deliberate in British summertime as effectively. It’s cool to see him liking tennis.”
Norrie is scheduled to meet No 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz in the fourth round but he insisted: “I’m simply going to concentrate on the following match.”
That will be against No 17 seed Musetti who beat Novak Djokovic on the clay in Monte Carlo in April before seeing off Norrie in three sets in their only previous meeting in Barcelona. “I used to be taking part in at such a excessive stage with him after I was taking part in him, and I misplaced a little bit of focus and a little bit of focus, and my stage dropped so much, however I used to be in a position to determine methods to win factors,” Norrie recalled.
“I feel I’ve a reasonably first rate sport to play him, however I’m going to must play actually, very well. His finest floor is clay, and he is had plenty of actually powerful matches.
“He took Djokovic to five here, so he can play well. He still has to win his match obviously. But, yeah, I think it’s a really tough draw and really going to have to play my best with him to have a chance. He beat me in the last one, so good guy, good third round. Yeah, I’m expecting a tough match.”