"I can be even tougher to play against" - Cam Norrie on improvements next season

| by Jamie Malachy

Cameron Norrie has been speaking about his preparations for next season, and how he can improve his game to become a more difficult opponent on the court.

The current World No. 14 had a very successful 2022 season, making the semi-finals of Wimbledon in front of his home crowd, and making his top 10 debut.

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Reflecting on the year, Norrie says that his run to the last four at SW19 was the highlight in a year of high points.

"I obviously had a great year last year and I wanted to back that up and I felt like I did that and I played a few finals and won a couple of titles, but the highlight was Wimbledon and making the semi-finals there. Especially at home with everyone supporting me, my friends or family all there at probably the biggest tournament in the world. So that was very cool", said Norrie.

But Cam Norrie is not looking to rest on his laurels. He knows he has to improve if he is to keep up with a rapidly evolving set of top 10 players.

Norrie hopes to use his off-season well to add depth to his game - in particular, some more ferocity with his groundstrokes.

"I think there’s still a lot of things I can improve on and I think I can work on my general ball speed and hitting the ball a bit harder on the forehand side and hitting my spots better on the serve. And I think when I’m playing my best is when I’m coming forward more and more. So I think I can work on that area and ultimately keeping all the execution levels up. I feel like I can be even tougher player to play against", Norrie explained.

The Briton has had time to reflect on the achievement of breaking into the top 10, but is not satisfied with having broken that ceiling just once. He wants to belong there.

"As a player, you want to tick that box, and you want to be inside the top 10," Norrie said. "But the kind of thing about tennis is when do something like that then you want to do something else. Be top five and top three and then aiming towards number one in the world. So it’s never enough".

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