Cameron Norrie

CAMERON NORRIE's family were targeted by burglars while he was living in South Africa with his family, an experience he said was 'traumatising' for the ...

"He taught me to love tennis and it was very simple with him. The 26-year-old beat Tommy Paul in straight sets in the round of 16 to edge himself one step closer to surprise glory at the All England Club. While he represents Britain, Norrie had an international upbringing which saw him calling three different continents home. He said: "I talk to him a bit here and there, "It's very exciting for me and I think very exciting for the Auckland community." The Briton paid tribute to Greenhalgh for the help he gave him in the early stages of his career. He was born in South Africa to a Welsh mother (Helen) and a Scottish father (David), who met at a micro-biologists conference in Johannesburg.

Cameron Norrie will play champion Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon semi-final after a 3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over David Goffin.

As the crowd of 10,000 took in Norrie’s achievement, with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge present, chants of his surname rang out around the stadium. Norrie will now face one of the greatest challenges in this sport, the six-time champion and top seed, Novak Djokovic, with a Wimbledon final on the line. As he reflected on his achievements on the court after his victory Norrie was on the verge of tears. Used my legs at the end and tried to put the ball in the court.” Under the weight of the moment, the crowd and particularly Norrie’s unrelenting intensity, Goffin finally broke down and conceded the decisive break with a series of errors. But Goffin quickly resumed control of the baseline and steamrolled through the third set. He is the fourth British man in the Open era to reach a Wimbledon semi‑final after Andy Murray, Tim Henman and Roger Taylor. After trailing by two sets to one on No 1 Court, he recovered to defeat his Belgian opponent 3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 and reach the first grand slam semi-final of his career, at Wimbledon. Shortly afterwards Norrie served out the set. Few players in the world can constantly meet the ball early and change directions off both wings with such impeccable timing. He remained composed as games fell away from him, furiously searching for a solution to his troubles. In the first grand slam quarter-final of Cameron Norrie’s blossoming career he had every reason to feel incensed by how things seemed to be progressing.

British No 1 Cameron Norrie has reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon for the first time after an epic five-set victory over David Goffin.

"I'm looking forward to taking it to him and seeing the level that be brings. I'm going to have to improve a lot of things from today, I don't think I'm going to have the chance to lose focus like I did today. "That's something I've been working on a lot, so that's nice to do it in the biggest match of my career." Instead, the British No 1 increased the pressure on Goffin again and roared when victory was confirmed. As he said himself, he could not find his game and it took him a good few sets to get going. It was great to get over the line, for sure."

WIMBLEDON — Cameron Norrie is living proof of many things, not least that British sports fans don't much care where you were born or where you were raised, ...

And they are pretty representative of the city they train in too; in London, 37 per cent of residents were born outside the UK, part of a total of nearly 10 million non-native Brits. So when Norrie thanks the crowd for their support on Centre Court, even in his slightly jarring Kiwi twang, it is wholly genuine. He is hardly the only star of British sport with diverse heritage either. New Zealand though was hardly a hotbed of tennis talent, or funding, and the Norries were having to self-fund arduous trips around the world. Norrie spent time in America too, studying at Texas Christian University (TCU) for three years while also playing tennis at a high level. Strangely though, he says his father David has never lost his “filthy” Scottish twang. Their home was broken into, and many of Helen’s trophies and medals where stolen.

CAMERON NORRIE is through to the semi-finals after beating David Goffin in five sets where he will meet Novak Djokovic.

Norrie then faced a tall order in keeping his Wimbledon dream alive, having to win the next two sets. Norrie immediately bounced back with Court One erupting into cheers with the Brit then breaking once more in the final game of the set to draw level. That set up a fascinating battle with Goffin, who had come through a five-set thriller of his own in the previous round to beat Frances Tiafoe.