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The Guardian
08-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Carlos Alcaraz swats aside Cameron Norrie to storm into Wimbledon semi-finals
Two days after his bruising five-set win over Nicolás Jarry and the Chilean's subsequent criticisms of his frequent cheering, Cameron Norrie immediately made it clear that he would remain true to himself even in the face of one of the greatest young talents his sport has ever seen. After starting his day against Carlos Alcaraz with a positive hold in the opening game, Norrie punctuated that small win with a loud, booming cheer. Although Norrie was angling for a tight tussle, the stratospheric quality presented by his legendary opponent across the net, Alcaraz, ensured that he did not stand a chance. Alcaraz completely laid waste to the last British player standing at Wimbledon with the force of his devastating, astonishingly complete game, effortlessly dismantling Norrie 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 to return to the Wimbledon semi-finals. With every major tournament he plays, Alcaraz's resume continues to grow. He has now extended his career-best winning streak to 23 victories and he will contest his eighth grand slam semi-final in just 18 career appearances. Among Spanish men, only Rafael Nadal has reached more grand slam semi-finals than the 22 year old. He stands two wins away from becoming the fifth man in history to win three consecutive Wimbledon titles. For a player enjoying the best run of form in his career, Alcaraz has still been prone to occasional dips in form and concentration, but this was his most focused performance of the tournament so far. He completely overpowered and outplayed Norrie, an admirably consistent and disciplined player who simply does not have the firepower to match him in full flow. Norrie has made life difficult for Alcaraz in the past thanks to his durability and consistency, but their last match was two years ago. Today, Alcaraz is a completely different player at the grand slam tournaments, on grass and after years of maturation and growth. Norrie did find some joy on the court. He held his own when he was able to force Alcaraz into lengthy, protracted rallies and he took control whenever his opponent missed a first serve, winning 67% of points behind Alcaraz's second serve. But the world No 2 continues to make massive strides in what was once the most obvious weakness – his serve. He served spectacularly, particularly on the important points, 13 aces, landing 72% of first serves and winning 89% of points behind it. After three unforgettable wins on No 1 Court, the significance of this occasion meant that Norrie had had to finally part with his favourite stadium in the world as Centre Court beckoned. He actually started well, immediately forcing a triple break point lead at 1-0 on his rival's serve. But as Alcaraz gradually settled down, finding rhythm on his serve and range on his forehand, he feasted. Almost every single point was dictated by Alcaraz's racket and Norrie quickly suffocated under the relentless pressure imposed by the Spaniard. Shortly after Norrie double faulted on break point to cheaply hand over the first break; the floodgates opened up. He spent the first set admirably scrambling and chasing down every last ball, but he could only watch as the ball constantly flew by him. Alcaraz backed up his immense serving performance by dominating with his forehand, effortlessly injecting pace into neutral rallies. With so little pressure from his opponent, he had time to do whatever he liked, mixing in drop shots and gliding to the net. Even when Norrie was successfully able to take control with his forehand and force him on to the baseline, it was so difficult for the Briton to put the ball past Alcaraz. He was everywhere, constantly flipping points from defence to attack with his supreme athleticism. After one hour, 39 minutes on-court, barely over half the length of Aryna Sabalenka's nerve-racking triumph over Laura Siegemund just before, Alcaraz closed out an easy, efficient victory without issue. For Norrie, there is no shame in this loss. He ended his tournament after another brilliant grand slam run that has further shown him that he is performing at a high level once again and is capable of re-establishing himself in the latter stages of the biggest tournaments on a regular basis. After falling as low as No 91 in the ATP rankings just in May, he will rise to No 43 next week. Norrie took his first stride forward with his run to the fourth round of the French Open last month and he has maintained his momentum on home soil with his favoured US hard court swing to come. Perhaps even more importantly, Norrie's outlook on his career has added even greater meaning to his career. At one of his lowest points in his career, when he was struggling to simply win matches, Norrie resolved to focus on enjoying every aspect of his time on the court. Rather than fixating on his results, he has come to view them as a bonus to the joy he finds from his daily hard work. Even in defeat, he has given himself plenty of enjoyment over the past few weeks on the grass courts of the All England Club.
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Evening Standard
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Evening Standard
What time is Cameron Norrie vs Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon? When is and how to watch quarter-final today
Norrie, the last Briton standing in SW19, saw a match point saved in the third set against Nicolas Jarry in the previous round before eventually winning over five sets. Tim Henman and Andy Murray are the only other British stars to reach two Wimbledon quarter-finals this century.
The Sun
07-07-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Cameron Norrie to face Carlos Alcaraz in his biggest match yet, as Wimbledon fever grips nation for last Brit standing
WIMBLEDON fever will sweep the nation today as last Brit standing Cameron Norrie plays his biggest match in years. Millions are set to watch the home hope, 29, battle double-defending champ Carlos Alcaraz in a quarter-final tie the Spaniard has branded a 'nightmare'. 2 Alcaraz, 22, is on an 18-match winning streak in South West London but admitted tricky left-hander Cam was the man he was trying to avoid. And he conceded that downing the Brit in front of 15,000 fans on Centre Court this afternoon would be difficult work. Among them could be close pal Emma Raducanu, who watched Alcaraz's four-set slugfest with Russian Andrey Rublev on Sunday night. Norrie has faced the five-time Grand Slam winner six times in four years — winning two and losing four. A shock win today would see him repeat his heroic foray to the semi-finals three years ago. Norrie recently said his giant lungs helped him in long matches. He said: 'I just randomly did a test. They were like, 'Oh, you must be some deep sea diver… they're huge'. "Since then I've had huge confidence in my cardio. I can back myself in those longer rallies. It's just kind of a false confidence, but I'll take it.' On winning the tournament, Norrie added: 'I'm going to play point-for-point as always.' Alcaraz said: 'Facing Cam is always really difficult, almost a nightmare. "He's going to use the crowd to his side. I have to be really strong mentally and focused.' Cam Norrie's fuming Wimbledon rival Nicolas Jarry squares up to him as Brit wins epic to set up potential Alcaraz clash 2
Daily Mail
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Why wind-up merchant Cam Norrie can be a 'nightmare' for Carlos Alcaraz and take him down to reach Wimbledon semi-final
As Nicolas Jarry confronted Cam Norrie at the end of their third-round match, complaining about excessive ball bouncing and over-celebrating, a realisation began to dawn: is the last Brit standing at Wimbledon a s***house? Not in the sense that he is a wrong 'un — salt of the earth is our Cam — but in the footballing sense. You know the type: niggly, scrappy, in the opposition's face, a master of staying just the right side of the rules — often a yellow card but never a red. It is the kind of player we always feel we are lacking at major football tournaments, but maybe we have one here at Wimbledon. Certainly, every trick in the book will be required this afternoon if the British No 3 is to take down Carlos Alcaraz and reach a second Wimbledon semi-final. Norrie is the mildest of men off the court but a whirlwind of competitive energy on it. He is a vociferous celebrator of even the most inconsequential points — in a variety of languages. His most common roar is 'vamos' rather than 'C'mon' and that can wind up hispanic opponents, such as the Chilean Jarry. Last year in Metz, Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena rowed with Norrie after the match. 'Apparently he was not happy with me saying vamos a couple of times,' said Norrie, whose coach of almost a decade is Argentine. Norrie also blasted the ball straight at Jarry a few times — an echo of the occasion in Rome in 2023 when he hit Novak Djokovic on the leg with a smash. 'He's allowed to hit a player and say 'C'mon' in the face more or less every single point,' said the Serb at the time. 'But we know in the locker room it's not how we treat each other. He's a very nice guy off the court so I don't understand this attitude on the court.' Norrie defended his on-court persona after the Jarry win. 'We're competing for our livelihoods out there,' said the 29-year-old. 'I want to compete as hard as I can, I'm not going to roll over.' On the issue of over-celebrating, he added: 'I'm doing it for myself, I'm not doing it to make someone feel bad. If they take it personally, it's nothing to do with me. 'A couple of people have not been too happy with that but I'm just aiming it at my team and friends and people in the crowd. 'Against Jarry, some of the points are maybe not worthy of saying vamos but it was a match I really had to do that, because those points that don't mean a lot, if you lose those ones, you can get broken and the match can go away from you very quickly. 'I wanted to enjoy all aspects of the match. If I won a good point or a bad point, serve on the line, good volley, drop shot, I wanted to celebrate everything.' He may not have quite as many points to celebrate today. Alcaraz is the two-time defending champion here and won the Queen's title last month. The 22-year-old's career grass-court win percentage of 91.7 per cent is the highest in the Open era. Even Tim Henman, usually a bastion of positivity where his countrymen and women are concerned, was unable to summon much hope. Asked if the Brit could take down the five-time Grand Slam champion, he said: 'If they played 100 times, can Norrie win one? Maybe.' I am inclined to be a little more bullish. Norrie has won two of his last three meetings with Alcaraz, who said on Sunday: 'Facing Cam is always really difficult. We have had some battles. For me facing him is almost a nightmare. I'm not surprised he is playing great here: when he lost at Queen's he stayed for five days practising morning, afternoon and night.' Alcaraz is unlikely to be rattled by cries of vamos but the consistency, passivity and lack of pace of Norrie's game could destabilise him. Alcaraz likes to play fast and hard and if rallies are not exciting enough he is prone to over-elaboration. Norrie can pray on Alcaraz's patience; bore him into recklessness. If Norrie does spring the upset, Alcaraz will only have himself to blame. Norrie came into this tournament refreshed after a holiday in Ibiza — he was inspired by the Alcaraz formula which has so far never failed to result in a Wimbledon title. 'A lot of players have told me about going to Ibiza,' laughed Alcaraz. 'I'm going to ask Ibiza to pay me a little bit from that!'
Scottish Sun
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
‘Silly anomaly of the rule' – Cameron Norrie accused of exploiting tennis loophole by former Wimbledon champion
CAMERON NORRIE was accused of exploiting a tennis loophole following his five-set win over Nicolas Jarry. The British star booked his place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a gruelling 6-3 7-6 6-7 6-7 6-3 win over the towering Chilean. 4 Nicolas Jarry was unhappy with Cameron Norrie after yesterday's marathon match Credit: AP 4 Norrie, 29, was bouncing the ball several times before second serves Credit: PA During the match, Jarry complained to the umpire about Norrie's behaviour. The 29-year-old ranted: "I just have to suck it because he always does it? That's the reason I have to play with something that affects me. It can be changed." Jarry was unhappy with the amount of time that Norrie was taking between first and second serve, and also had animated words for the Brit after they shook hands at the end of the match. The server has 25 seconds between points, with a shot clock in operation. But there is no defined rule about how long can be taken between first and second serves. Appearing on the BBC's coverage, 1987 Wimbledon men's singles champion Pat Cash felt that Norrie was "milking it". The Aussie, 60, said: "They had a little natter about the ball bouncing. I don't know if he [Norrie] was trying to get some rest but the excessive ball bouncing was, well, excessive. "I've never seen that before so maybe it was just the state he was in during the match. After the first serve you can sort of take as much time as you like, it's a sort of silly anomaly of the rule. BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK 4 Pat Cash gave his take on Norrie's service antics Credit: X @BBCSport "You have to serve by a certain time on the shot clock, but as long as you get to the line and throw the ball in the air, you can take as much time as you like after that, which is ridiculous. "Cam sort of milked that a bit. Maybe he was tired." Wimbledon star Nicolas Jarry chokes up tears with adorable son as he sets up Cameron Norrie clash After his gruelling four-and-a-half hour marathon victory, Norrie played down his altercation with Jarry. The former world No8 said: "For me, I wanted to take my time on the second serve and make sure that I'm getting myself ready to set. "I'm not doing nothing. I actually didn't even notice he was upset with that. "Yeah, I want to settle before I hit my second serve. I don't want to rush into it and hit a quick double. "That was kind of what I'm doing with my second serve. I want to play the point. Typically I had to play a long point. If I'm hitting a second serve, I have to be ready for sure." Norrie's tactics worked, as his serve was not broken throughout the entire match. Next up, Norrie will face two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz for a place in the last four. The match will take place second up on Centre Court tomorrow. 4
