Weeks 10 & 11 - ATP1000 - Indian Wells, USA Hard

Neil Gee · Club Coach

Weeks 10 & 11 - ATP1000 - Indian Wells, USA Hard

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L64: (28) Cameron Norrie WR 28 defeated Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) WR 55 by 4 & 4

Jan · Hall of fame

Well done Cam!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Pleased with that , well done cam.

indiana · Tennis legend

Cam rather likes Indian Wells

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Cam rather likes Indian Wells

He does - forgot hed won here! Courts apparently faster this year, from tweets Ive read, not sure if people can validate that?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
He is a good player and he really impressed when I saw him play in Australia

And he [Seyboth Wild] beat Karan Khachanov (15) by 1 & 5 in the early hours of this morning.

brittak · Satellite level

Saw the 2nd set of Cams match from very high up. Was in the unreserved section which is high and in the sun so it was very hot. Still a good view though.

He was quickly went 0-2 down but then broke back straight away and got to *5-2 with a match point before quite a major wobble before eventually serving out from *0-30 at 5-4 to win 6-4,6-4.
Difficult to judge but I thought he wasnt hitting at maximum pace and more relying on placement. Other than the wobble thought he played well and will hopefully see him again on Monday.

He had good support from the locals which was fun.

Jan · Hall of fame

Thanks Brittak. Glad you managed to catch some of Cam's match.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

brittak wrote:
Saw the 2nd set of Cams match from very high up. Was in the unreserved section which is high and in the sun so it was very hot. Still a good view though.

He was quickly went 0-2 down but then broke back straight away and got to *5-2 with a match point before quite a major wobble before eventually serving out from *0-30 at 5-4 to win 6-4,6-4.
Difficult to judge but I thought he wasnt hitting at maximum pace and more relying on placement. Other than the wobble thought he played well and will hopefully see him again on Monday.

He had good support from the locals which was fun.

Thanks Kevin - how is the court pace from what you can tell? Ive read it is quicker than past years although no idea why that would be - maybe its a different hardcourt type?

brittak · Satellite level

Yeh Im no expert but I think its quite quick even at night. Saw the Alcaraz/Arnaldi match last night which incidentally was very entertaining despite the scoreline at the end. Alcaraz can definitely play to a crowd.
Dont know whether the court type has changed!
Really fun event - will provide more detail when I get a chance.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Andy getting frustrated by the same old questions

x.com/skysportstennis/status/1766570350752498066

Neil Gee · Club Coach

Watched Carlos Alcaraz take a set to get warmed up in the round of 64 but he only needed a couple of games tonight before he started playing like the man who won Wimbledon. Félix Auger-Aliassime (who is no slouch himself) needed to seriously raise his game just to take 3 games off Carlos in the second set, but in the end he had no answers.

Carlos might be worth a small bet to win IW this year.

brittak · Satellite level

Watched Alcaraz and Sinner today - both played really well I thought against decent opposition. Either could well win this.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Cam on court (opening match) against Monfils later. Could be one to watch, Brittak?