British number one Cameron Norrie will be forced to play his Wimbledon quarter-final on court one rather than the centre court. The 26-year-old booked his spot in the last eight with a straight sets win over 30th seed Tommy Paul and became the first brit since Andy Murray to do so.
The last remaining Brit in the draw will not be given the honour of playing on Wimbledon’s biggest showcourt as defending champion Djokovic has been given the men’s quarter-final slot on as he faces 10th seed Jannik Sinner.
It comes after the tournament scrapped individual days for the men’s and women’s quarter-finals this year. Traditionally, the second Tuesday of The Championships was reserved for the women’s quarter-finals, with the men’s quarters taking place the following day.
But ahead of this year’s tournament, it was announced there would instead be one men’s match and one women’s on centre and court one spread across the two days, before the women’s semi-finals were held on the Thursday with the men’s on Friday. Complaints were made on behalf of Norrie when he began his Wimbledon campaign on court two instead of one of the main showcourts.
He was also placed on the outside throughout his run at Indian Wells this year, despite heading into the tournament as the defending champion. Norrie himself has asked home fans to cheer him on as the last Brit standing, joking in his on-court interview after beating Paul on Sunday: "I’m the last one left so why not get behind me even more now.”
Norrie has said he was "embracing and enjoying" being Britain's greatest hope at the championships and will endeavour to reach the final four.
"The atmosphere was great and definitely helped me get over the line," said Norrie, who beat Spanish pair Pablo Andujar and Jaume Munar in the opening two rounds. "I feel like I'm improving and my level is getting better. I'm definitely a little bit more calm in the bigger matches.
"I was pretty nervous with my first-round match against Andujar, then was two sets to one down against Munar. I think I played my better two matches in the third and fourth rounds. It's nice to do it that way round."
