- Zverev beats Norrie 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
- Protester in support of Palestine interrupted play
Cameron Norrie has spent so much of his career relishing the overly physical, defence-based playing style that has driven his career; his ability to grind any given player on any day to dust. It has clearly served the 28-year-old extremely well, catapulting him inside the top 10 and amongst the best players in the world.
But this week in Melbourne Park, Norrie has shown something more. He has played with freedom, allowing himself more risk and embracing the variety in his game. On Monday evening, Norrie demonstrated all of those dimensions in full as he went toe-to-toe with one of the best players in the world and fought until the end in a brilliant contest before he was defeated 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6 7-6 (3) by Alexander Zverev in the fourth round of the Australian Open.