{"id":50364,"date":"2022-06-22T12:49:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=50364"},"modified":"2022-06-22T12:49:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:49:59","slug":"cameron-norrie-quarterfinals-eastbourne-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/06\/22\/cameron-norrie-quarterfinals-eastbourne-wimbledon\/","title":{"rendered":"Norrie into the Quarterfinals at Eastbourne but is looking further ahead to Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Eastbourne&#8211;<\/h5>\n<p>Cameron Norrie defeated\u00a0Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-2 on Centre Court at Eastbourne Wednesday. He will face Maxime Cressy\u00a0in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Cressy beat Dan Evans today to set up the clash with Norrie.<\/p>\n<p>It was Norrie&#8217;s first win on grass this season, having lost to\u00a0Grigor Dimitrov at Queen&#8217;s last week.\u00a0Reflecting on the win, the Brit said,\u00a0&#8220;I\u00a0think just the difference today was I\u00a0managed to execute and break serve and then keep momentum. I\u00a0think I\u00a0played just as well as last week. I was hitting the ball great last week. It was tough, you go out first round and got all week to think about it and to prepare for the next one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The player is still looking to improve despite the comfortable victory today with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Wimbledon<\/a> just around the corner. &#8220;I\u00a0am trying to improve everything all the time. I\u00a0am physically and mentally in the right place. Tennis is always going to come down to a few points here and there and making sure in those big moments I&#8217;m being the one going for it and taking the chances. Being British number one, going into Wimbledon, it&#8217;s the first time. Hopefully showing the British crowd and giving something to cheer about.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m always trying to win in practice. I treat them like matches as much as I\u00a0can. I\u00a0have a sports psychologist that I\u00a0talk to as well. I think you just have to be ready to take your chances and it comes with a lot of experience.\u00a0 I\u00a0think maybe three or four years ago in those bigger moments, I was not as calm as I was and I\u00a0tended to play a little bit too tentatively. Especially last year I was able to play aggressive and be the one moving the other guy and really taking a lot of chances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"YeMIFMrTSGF26swiHpDU4w\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1404396327\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'YeMIFMrTSGF26swiHpDU4w',sig:'Nt1ZTDpUioJQ8Q0F6I9xQrPBSBOMXmiWfii-IlqazEo=',w:'489px',h:'594px',items:'1404396327',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Cameron Norrie Looking Ahead to Wimbledon<\/h3>\n<p>Norrie has been seeded ninth for Wimbledon next week which is something the player takes confidence from.\u00a0&#8220;Being seeded helps. I\u00a0am going to take it one match at a time and I\u00a0have still not reached the second week, so it would be nice to do that, and I\u00a0guess the seeding helps. That&#8217;s the result of winning matches and stringing them together and I\u00a0will obviously take that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being ninth is pretty cool and pretty crazy. It all happened pretty quickly, getting up there, which has been a lot of fun, but yes, still means nothing, you know. You&#8217;ve still got to win the matches and today&#8217;s match is perfect for me to get a match under the belt, and then also to get a few more matches, hopefully this week, leading into a huge Wimby for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The third round of Major tournaments has been a stumbling block for Norrie but he has faced some great players in this round.\u00a0&#8220;I\u00a0played some pretty cool matches, obviously to play Rafa [Nadal] in the French and Fed (Roger Federer) in Wimby and you take those, take a lot of experience from that. I\u00a0am going to look at the draw to see, I\u00a0think everyone does. I\u00a0am not going to look too far ahead. Obviously, there is a lot of good players on the grass and a lot of dangerous guys.&#8221; The Brit will be hoping to do even better at this year&#8217;s tournament.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastbourne&#8211; Cameron Norrie defeated\u00a0Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-2 on Centre Court at Eastbourne Wednesday. He will face Maxime Cressy\u00a0in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Cressy beat Dan Evans today to set up the clash with Norrie. 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