Cameron Norrie

The British No 1 had high hopes going into the tournament and had seen off Luca van Assche and Constant Lestienne with relative ease in the first two rounds ...

Cameron Norrie is out of the Australian Open after suffering a shock defeat to Jiri Lehecka - Cameron Norrie is out of the Australian Open after a shock defeat by Jiri Lehecka Cameron Norrie crashes OUT of the Australian Open in shock third-round defeat by world No 71 Jiri Lehecka, with 11th-seed Brit going down in five sets after struggling with a knee issue

Laura Robson and Tim Henman have defended Cameron Norrie after fans called him a “s*** Andy Murray” during his second round win over Constant Lestienne.

He then took out Taylor Fritz and Rafael Nadal. “For me, Cam is an absolute superstar. They've made the news - that's probably all that they wanted. “Hopefully they've learnt something. He's got that nudge backhand and he's an incredible mover. Australian Open

Czech Jiri Lehecka beat Cameron Norrie of Britain in a tough five-setter, prevailing 6-7(8) 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-4 to reach the fourth round of a grand slam for ...

But the 27-year-old was not playing well, missing time and again with his forehand, and Lehecka held onto an early break to claim the second set. I feel amazing and ready for the next round for sure. Last year was tough for me, playing for Grand Slams and never getting through the first round."

Cameron Norrie's Australian Open campaign has come to an end after an agonising five-set defeat in the Kia Arena to Czech tennis player Jiri Lehecka in the ...

Despite initially struggling in the breezy conditions, the British No 1 managed to clinch an opening set tie-break 10-8 but was immediately pegged back in the second losing 6-3. While he fought hard to remain in the contest, he couldn't replicate the heroics of Murray and Lehecka held his nerve to seal the biggest moment of his young career to date. However, the momentum switched all of a sudden again early in the fourth and Norrie was then in big trouble when he dropped serve again in the first game of the deciding set.

British no1 Cameron Norrie bowed out of the Australian Open in a third-round loss to one of the rising stars of the men's game in Jiri Lehecka.

But after Lehecka gained revenge, the Czech player said: “The only thing I learned from that match was to never give up. His level dropped in the second set as it had in the previous round for Lehecka to claw his way back into the match before the Briton moved into a two sets to one lead. That one went the distance with Norrie winning.

British men's number one Cameron Norrie is out of the Australian Open after losing to rising star Jiri Lehecka.

I don't regret anything." "The knee did not affect the outcome of the match - it was a small niggle and I wanted to check it was nothing serious." "I can't really put my finger on why I wasn't at my best, he played better than me and better in the bigger moments," said Norrie.

MIKE DICKSON IN MELBOURNE: There was also some soreness in his knee, but Norrie blamed his slow start in each set as the culprit in what now constitutes ...

I'll take playing with this every day of the week compared to that one,’ he said. [after failing to mimick Andy Murray’s five set heroics of earlier in the day](/sport/tennis/article-11657511/Andy-Murray-Australian-Open-eight-hours-epic-clash-Thanasi-Kokkinakis.html). I've taken more flights before that, and we're always going to have to fly a lot with our job.’ Cameron Norrie denies his shock Australian Open exit is down to his globetrotting around lucrative exhibition tournaments during the off-season... But I think I came in here and gave myself the best chance. ‘Maybe I just peaked a little bit too early in United Cup.