Norrie not distracted by attainable Alcaraz check at French Open
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ameron Norrie insists he received’t be distracted by the prospect of dealing with world No1, and French Open favorite, Carlos Alcaraz within the subsequent spherical throughout at present’s match in opposition to Lorenzo Musetti.
Norrie goes into the third-round encounter because the marginal underdog having misplaced to the Italian eventually month’s Barcelona Open.
But the British No1 mentioned bringing the identical power he did to his final match – a cushty straight-sets win over Lucas Pouille – in addition to studying from previous errors in opposition to Musetti would assist him recover from the road.
“I saw it’s Alcaraz,” he mentioned of his potential subsequent opponent within the final 16, “however I’m targeted on taking it match by match.
“He [Musetti] is a good participant, actually proficient and clearly I misplaced to him final time. I misplaced a little bit of focus and a little bit of focus, and my degree dropped quite a bit, however I used to be ready to determine methods to win factors.
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“It will be difficult and I’ll have to come out with the energy I did against Pouille to have a chance. I think I have a pretty decent game to play him but I’m going to have to play really, really well.
“His best surface is clay, and he’s had a lot of really tough matches. I’m really going to have to play my best with him to have a chance. I’m expecting a tough match.”
This is the third 12 months in a row that Norrie has made it to the third spherical at Roland Garros however he’s but to go a step additional.
Should he overcome Musetti, he boasts a great file in opposition to Alcaraz having received two of the final three encounters between the pair together with the newest of his 5 ATP Tour titles in Rio, which was additionally performed out on clay.