Cameron Norrie looked back to his best as he stunned British number one Jack Draper with an assured second-round win at Wimbledon. Norrie was displaced by Draper, 22, as Britain’s leading man last month. The 28-year-old has struggled this season, suffering first-round exits at the French Open, Queen’s and Eastbourne.
But he moved past an in-form Draper 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 7-6 (8-6). "It wasn't easy coming out here today to play Jack, he's been playing so well and we're such good friends off the court so we had to put that aside today," said Norrie. "I felt like I was a little bit of the underdog coming in today, so I was pretty relaxed.
" Norrie’s victory was another triumph for British number twos on Court One after Harriet Dart overcame Britain’s top-ranked woman Katie Boulter in extraordinary fashion earlier on Thursday. British wildcard Jacob Fearnley took a set off seven-time champion Novak Djokovic but fell short of creating a seismic shock earlier on Thursday at Wimbledon. Fearnley, a 22-year-old from Scotland, was beaten 6-3 6-4 5-7 7-5 by the Serb second seed in an increasingly-febrile atmosphere on Centre Court.
"All in all this match potentially deserved to go into a fifth, particularly with the way he played in the fourth. But I'm very glad it didn't," said Djokovic, who is still recovering from knee surgery last month. Draper came into the Championships on a rich vein of form having won his first ATP Tour title in Stuttgart a couple of weeks earlier.
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