Nicolas Jarry, having set up a fourth-round clash at Wimbledon with Cam Norrie, has been previewing his chances of upsetting the Brit on home soil.
It has been a mesmeric run for the former Wimbledon semi-finalist, who will have grand aspirations of repeating that feat this year despite the obvious roadblocks that await him.
However, before that, he must contend with the in-form Chilean who has stormed into the fourth round, emerging through qualifying.
He struggled past Holger Rune in the first match, coming back from two sets to love down, but has since looked inspired, dropping just a single set in yesterday’s win over Joao Fonseca.
Norrie has his work cut out, and Jarry has pinpointed what he will be wary of within his opponent’s game.
Nicolas Jarry predicts Wimbledon fourth round vs Cam Norrie
Asked to preview his match against Norrie, the new leading male British hope at Wimbledon, Jarry was relatively matter-of-fact in his answer.
Brief and succinct, he swiftly summed up what he felt about the 29-year-old, and exactly what he felt it would take to beat him in front of his home crowd.
The Chilean stated: ‘Yeah, Cam. Uh, I think he’s been playing very good over the last couple of months. I think he struggled a bit last year, but now he’s he’s confident and he’s playing at home. So that obviously is an advantage for him.
‘And he’s a great guy, a very… he likes to battle, to grind. So it’s difficult to pass through.
‘So I have to be very, very, very fast, very consistent and not give him too many options, and be very aggressive at the beginning of the point.’
Norrie reacted to the Wimbledon crowd after his impressive win over Mattia Bellucci, in which he revealed how he uses the atmosphere to his benefit.
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Norrie’s run thus far has been pretty impressive, defeating an in-form Roberto Bautista Agut, coming from behind against Frances Tiafoe, and now sweeping aside Bellucci, who had just beaten Jiri Lehecka.
He will now face Jarry and, should he win that, will likely meet Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals.
It’s fair to say that, comparing this year’s campaign with his run to the 2022 semi-final, he is due to have a far tougher time getting to that same stage in 2025.
After all, whilst their starts were similarly simple on paper, with a 30th seed Tommy Paul the only player of note in the first four rounds, Norrie then had to bypass David Goffin in the quarter-finals.
Unseeded, the Belgian took the Brit to five sets, before the latter came out on top and was subsequently beaten by Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
This year, Norrie is poised to face Alcaraz, the second seed and two-time defending champion, in the quarter-finals.
Then, should he somehow topple the Spaniard, he’ll probably have Taylor Fritz waiting for him in the semi-finals.
Obviously, the American would pose a far easier threat than Djokovic did in 2022, but there is arguably no tougher task in all of tennis than beating Alcaraz on grass.
First, he must beat Jarry to get that honour, though.
