Cameron Norrie gets compared to Rafael Nadal, reacts in funny way
In a press conference at the Monte Carlo Masters, the left-handed Cameron Norrie was compared to Rafael Nadal by a journalist for going with a heavy top ball into the backhand corner. "Today I was managing to pin them in the backhand side and get it up to his backhand", Norrie said. "He dropped a little bit a couple balls short, and I was able to kind of dictate from there. And then I think he struggled a little bit to kind of switch line. But I will take the Rafa comparison, for sure (smiling)."
On his straight-set win over Marton Fucsovics, Norrie added: "Obviously it was very physical. Went down an early break to start, but he played well. Found myself -- I think I was 5-3 down and I hadn't done anything wrong. Just stuck with him, and then he played a little bit of a loose game at 5-4. I think actually served a couple of set points and backhand net tape, but I'll take those. Ended up playing a very solid tiebreak and started the second extremely solid. He looked a little bit physically fatigued slightly midway through the second. I just grew on that and used that to my advantage and ended up playing a very clutch game to kind of close it out. No, it was just a very clean match and good tennis match all around."
On the British tennis, Norrie added: "It's great. I think it's been a couple of years since we have had I think three guys in the top 100 from the UK, so it's nice to have that kind of guys around the similar rankings and have each other supporting each other and practicing each other and having kind of that culture that some of the other countries, like Argentinian guys have and the French guys kind of have. So I think it's nice to kind of have that, and it will be nice to get a couple more guys in the mix. It's wonderful to see Dan Evans kind of shoot up very quickly. Definitely going to see him in some of the ATP events, so it will be nice to kind of have him around."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2Dms9fn
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