Wimbledon: Congratulation Cameron Norrie With Two Colleagues reaches quarter-finals with Carlos Alcaraz next as Sonay Kartal is beaten
Carlos Alcaraz: Britain’s last remaining hope in singles Cameron Norrie made it through to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon after beating Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry in five sets.
The 29-year-old led by two sets and had a match point in the third, but was taken to a fifth by the towering Chilean.
However, Norrie held his nerve in the decider and did not drop serve all day in a 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (7-9) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 victory over a gruelling four hours and 27 minutes to return to the last eight for the first time since 2022.
Norrie, the world No 61, a semi-finalist here in 2022 is now only the third British man to reach the last eight more than once in the last 50 years, after Tim Henman and Andy Murray and now the last home player left in the tournament.
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Norrie, who has now won nine of his 10 matches on his favourite Court One, said: “I hung tough when I needed to and the atmosphere was so good.
“Credit to Nico, he did an unbelievable job staying with me. I just had to keep fighting.
“It’s my coach’s birthday and I forgot to get him a present, so I got him the win.”
Jarry, 6ft 7in South American, was clearly unhappy about something at the end, with the two players engaged in a long, heated conversation after shaking hands.
“He said I was a little bit vocal, but that’s my energy. It was a competitive match,” added Norrie.
Norrie scrambled brilliantly to snatch the first set with what proved to be the only break of the first four.
He took the second on a tie-break and had match point in the third-set tiebreak, only for towering Jarry to save it and force a fourth set, which he sealed with an ace.
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Jarry, who has seen his ranking plummet from 16 this time last year to 143 due to a health issue which has affected his vision and balance came through qualifying before knocking out eighth seed Holger Rune, American Learner Tien and Brazilian wonderkid Joao Fonseca to reach the fourth round.
He banged down 46 aces to take his tournament-leading tally to 111, but Norrie returned superbly to break early in the decider, save three break points in the next game and close out victory in a marathon encounter.
