Cameron Norrie

Cameron Norrie will play Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon last four after a stunning fightback to beat Belgium's David Goffin in a five-set thriller.

The couple still live in New Zealand and missed much of his recent rise in the flesh because of the coronavirus pandemic, His parents, microbiologists David and Helen, have been a driving force in his life and watched on proudly as they shared the finest moment of his career at the All England Club. Norrie is the first British man to reach the Wimbledon singles semi-finals since Andy Murray in 2016 and the first British player since Johanna Konta in 2017. With a Welsh mother and a Scottish father, he was always destined to represent the nation despite retaining a hint of a New Zealand accent. He saw a first match point disappear when Goffin pummelled past a winner, but took his second opportunity to become only the fourth British man - following Murray, Tim Henman and Roger Taylor - to reach the Wimbledon singles semi-finals in the Open era. "I have flashbacks of all the hard work and all the sacrifices I have had to make and it's definitely paid off - and it feels pretty good."

Cameron Norrie became the first British player to reach a singles semifinal at Wimbledon since 2016 with a five-sets victory over David Goffin on Centre ...

Cameron Norrie faces Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals at Wimbledon on Friday after coming through five sets to beat David Goffin in the quarters and log his ...

Yeah, it's going to be a tricky one." Got emotional there, and, just a crazy day and crazy match to get through, especially with the way that it started. School life was different, his routine had changed drastically, but New Zealand could not offer him the same opportunities that Britain could. Norrie cracked the top 100 in his first year as a pro and eased his way into recognition with a Wimbledon debut ending in a first-round loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a maiden Challenger Title and a place in the second round of the US Open, lifting the curtain on an unorthodox forehand wind-up perhaps reflecting the back-lift of a talented cricket player growing up. The normality that has worked for him. After a year in London Norrie committed to TCU (Texas Christian University) in the US and embraced an environment in which he could mature as a man as much as the NCAA resources that enabled him to enhance his game.

WIMBLEDON semi-finalist Cameron Norrie is a long-time Newcastle United fan and could be reaping the benefits thanks to his SW19 run.

Norrie may hope to see more signings through the door before he takes up his offer to visit the club. The British star—who was born to Welsh and Scottish parents but grew up in New Zealand—was quick to follow up and accept. That's after Norrie was invited to swap tennis for Premier League football and attend a match at Newcastle United in the upcoming season.

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The Brit is through to his first ever Grand Slam quarter-final at the All England Club.

His match with Tiafoe went the distance but Goffin secured a 3-2 win with a 7-5 victory in the final set. However, due to his popularity with the home fans and the fact he is the only British player left in either the Men’s or Ladies’ Singles, it is likely he will be in action on Centre Court. The 26-year old has reached a Grand Slam quarter-final for the first time in his career at the All England Club and has the opportunity to go even further.

British No 1 defeated David Goffin to set up a last-four clash with Novak Djokovic, and said: 'It's going to be tough. I'm going to have to improve a lot'

I don’t know where he’s gonna go, but he’s in the top 10 and it’s huge.” I’m going to have to improve a lot of things from today. I, a couple of times, lost a little bit of focus and managed to get it back.

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"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.

AS Cameron Norrie has continued his epic run to a Wimbledon semi-final, there's been one constant - cheering him on from the stands.The sight of Louis.

"Because Louise always wants to follow recipes to the letter while I prefer to wing it and experiment a bit." They stole a kiss on court, as he was handed a £880,000 cash prize and climbed the rankings to No10 on the tour. AS Cameron Norrie has continued his epic run to a Wimbledon semi-final, there's been one constant - cheering him on from the stands.

As Cameron Norrie prepares for his first Wimbledon semi-final, BBC Sport looks at how he got there.

I think he has the endurance to do it for many hours and consecutive days, back to back to back." "That was a long time ago. He had started 2021 ranked 74th in the world but made six finals and won two titles to end the year ranked 12th. "After that the coaches really kicked me into gear and I was definitely more professional," he said. That's kind of the reason about that. But it is in the last four and, after his emotional quarter-final victory over David Goffin, his profile has rocketed. "I decided to drive my moped to my girlfriend's place, who I was dating at the time. Lugones, who has been with Norrie for seven years, said that he and Norrie have "a great relationship" and that they are "very respectful of each other", adding: "Off the court we talk about anything. "Some players can be really physical, but only for two hours. And he is, this is not a racquet-smashing player. I left the moped on the ground surrounded by blood everywhere." But he says it was his time in college that has made him "pretty focused and pretty composed" on the court.

A day after Cameron Norrie outfought and outlasted David Goffin to reach his first grand slam semi-final at Wimbledon, Norrie's coach, Facundo Lugones, ...

His tennis now is his priority number one, where before he had a lot of different things going on.”Maybe tennis was really important, but it was not the only thing.” After his match against Goffin, Norrie said he sat with Lugones and made a plan with a clear goal: “Let’s get to two hours in the match and then the match starts then”. As Norrie opened the fourth set while trailing by two sets to one, the match passed the two-hour mark. “Before he was just a kid. “Now he’s a man,” Lugones said. Lugones has been on a similar trajectory in his first tole as a top coach, learning on the job. “He does a lot of fitness, probably more than anyone,” Lugones said.