‘Novak Djokovic’s taking care of his body’, says top coach
Top-ranked British men’s tennis player Cameron Norrie has admitted his run to the Wimbledon semifinals was “the highlight” of his 2022 season. Norrie, 27, reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon this year after survive a thrilling five-set quarterfinal duel against David Goffin.
In the semi-final, Norrie faced Novak Djokovic and really got off to a great start before the Serb rallied to win 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Also this year, Norrie reached four finals and won two titles, as well as breaking into the top-10 for the first time in his career.
“Obviously last year I had a great year, and I wanted to repeat it, and I felt like I had, and I played some finals and won a couple of titles, but the highlight was Wimbledon and getting to the semis. Especially at home, with everyone supporting me, my friends and family, probably at the biggest tournament in the world.
It was very nice,” Norrie said. The 27-year-old Norrie enjoyed a breakthrough season on the Tour in 2021. This year, Norrie enjoyed another consistent year and showed that he belongs in the top 15 group in the world. Norrie, who this year reached his career high of world number 8, has said several times this year that he dreams of winning a Grand Slam and becoming world number 1 one day.
“I think there are still a lot of things I can improve on and I think I can work on my overall ball speed and hitting the ball a little harder on the forehand side and hitting my points on serve better. And I think that when I play the best is when I get further and further ahead.
So I think I can work in that area and ultimately keep all runlevels. I think I can be an even tougher player to play against,” Norrie explained.
Ivanisevic comments on Djokovic
Novak Djokovic ended his 2022 season on a high, recapturing the ATP Finals crown after a long gap of seven years.
“He’s practicing even harder than he was at 22,” Ivanisevic said. “That’s why he’s still so good. You know, the will to practice to improve, the will…
Source : tennisworldusa
