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NZ-raised Briton Cameron Norrie stuns Frances Tiafoe at Wimbledon
Britain's Cameron Norrie Photo: GLYN KIRK/AFP New Zealand-raised British tennis star Cameron Norrie returned to his favourite patch of Wimbledon turf to stun American 12th seed Frances Tiafoe and reach the third round with a 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-5 win on Thursday. Court One might lack the aura of the All England Club's historic Centre Court, but Norrie loves it, having won three matches there during his semi-final run in 2022. The chemistry was clear for all to see again on a mercifully fresh Wimbledon day as the world number 61 recovered from losing a tight first set to bamboozle a flat-looking Tiafoe. "I was really happy with the schedule when I saw I was on Court One as it's my favourite court," Norrie, who has reached the third round for the fourth time, said. "We both played high level but I stayed so calm and I really enjoyed the battle. The atmosphere was amazing." New Zealand's Erin Routliffe and her Canadian partner Gaby Dabrowski won their opening doubles match beating a Chinese pair. Norrie, 29, who grew up in Auckland before moving to the UK, was one of seven home players who won their first-round singles matches on Tuesday -- a British record of wins for a single day at Wimbledon in the professional era. All seven were back on Thursday, with Sonay Kartal continuing the charge as she thrashed Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova 6-2 6-2 to book her place in the last 32. "Today was a good day at the office," she said. Katie Boulter followed Norrie on Court One for her clash with Argentina's Solana Sierra, while British number one Emma Raducanu was also in action later on day three against 2023 champion Marketa Vondrousova. Norrie's reign as British number one was ended by Jack Draper, who he surprisingly beat on Court One last year in the second round, and he has struggled to reach the heights of 2021 when he won the Miami Open and 2022 when he lost to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals at Wimbledon. He lost in the first round of both his warm-up events on grass, but after an excursion on Court 18 on Tuesday, where he beat Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut, he was handed a Court One slot for his clash with Tiafoe. Initially it was the free-hitting Tiafoe who looked right at home, taking a tight opening set with a single break of serve. But everything changed at the end of the second. Norrie found himself in big trouble when serving at 4-4, going down 0-40. But he reeled off five points in a row to avert the danger and broke in the next game with a superb low backhand winner to snatch the set. Left-hander Norrie, who had never previously beaten a top-20 player at Wimbledon, bristled with energy in the third set, dictating the points as Tiafoe began to fade. Norrie failed to capitalise on one break of serve as he allowed Tiafoe to reply, but another break proved decisive as he moved to within one set of victory. Tiafoe left the court for seven minutes for a bathroom break before the start of the fourth set but Norrie refused to be thrown off his stride and broke serve for a 4-3 lead. Again Tiafoe responded, but Norrie was relentless as he again pounced on the American's serve before completing victory. Tiafoe's exit means 14 of the 32 men's seeds are out of the tournament less than halfway through the first week. - Reuters
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Basketball: NZ advance to first U19 World Cup quarter-finals
Hayden Jones of New Zealand. Photo: FIBA/Rana Elanwar New Zealand made history at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2025 by reaching the quarter-finals for the first time. They've booked themselves a ticket to the final 16 after beating China 99-86. New Zealand nearly wasted a 20-point lead but grabbed the win in a re-match of the FIBA U18 Asia Cup 2024 Semi-Finals - won by New Zealand 86-71. Hayden Jones scored 16 points to go with 9 rebounds and 4 assists. "To get a win and head to the top eight is amazing. We had an up-and-down game. China had some runs but we weathered the storm and came out on top," Jones said. New Zealand are making their fourth appearance in the global junior tournament, taking 13th place in 2009 at home and then finishing 11th in 2017 and 13th in 2019. Four of the New Zealand U19 players were part of the team that last summer reached the Semi-Finals of the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2024, which matched the greatest result in New Zealand basketball history - fourth place at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2002. Hayden Jones father Phill Jones was a member of that 2002 Tall Blacks World Cup campaign in Indianapolis. Jones was part of last year's U17 World Cup team and said they had meshed together well the players from the slightly older bracket. "We've got a special group with our U17 guys from last year and the older guys - we gel together really well. We were always going to go all out for each other," Jones said. They will face either Switzerland or France in their quarter-final.
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Early Sports Chat for 3 July 2025
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