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London — 9 Second Seed Cameron Norie continued to raise the British flag at Wimbledon on Sunday, defeating American Tommy Paul 6-4 7-5 6-4 to advance to the first Grand Slam quarterfinals.
Left-handed Norie is the only local hope to survive in Grass Court Major, and he will meet David Goffin of Belgium in the semi-finals on Friday. 5-7 5-76-47-5.
The 30th seeded pole defeated a left-handed player in each of the previous three rounds, but violated Norie's accurate delivery in the enthusiastic atmosphere of Court 1. However, I couldn't find a solution to tame the exact forehand of my opponent.
Norie defeats Paul's delivery in the opening game and leads, saving four break points in his serve in his sixth game and moving forward. , Taken the first set.
A 25-year-old American who rolled a racket from one hand to the other while receiving a serve couldn't find a way to dent Norie's delivery. However, frequent access to the net made it look aggressive overall.
However, Norrie's vast forehand endured the challenge, and the net return from Paul gave him a serve break in the third game of the second set. Paul had two chances to return the set to serve again, but Briton saved both for a 4-2 lead.
With Norrie servicing 5-4, the Americans finally converted their breakpoints, but soon they broke back and returned the lead, greatly delighting the party crowd.
The third set followed a similar script, with Norrie interrupting the serve early again in the third game, and when Paul pulled the forehand a lot, he was 26 and he got his first match point. I converted it. (Report by Sudipto Ganguly, edited by Clare Fallon)
