Cameron Norrie

Cameron Norrie will play Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon last four after a stunning fightback to beat Belgium's David Goffin in a five-set thriller.

The couple still live in New Zealand and missed much of his recent rise in the flesh because of the coronavirus pandemic, His parents, microbiologists David and Helen, have been a driving force in his life and watched on proudly as they shared the finest moment of his career at the All England Club. Norrie is the first British man to reach the Wimbledon singles semi-finals since Andy Murray in 2016 and the first British player since Johanna Konta in 2017. With a Welsh mother and a Scottish father, he was always destined to represent the nation despite retaining a hint of a New Zealand accent. He saw a first match point disappear when Goffin pummelled past a winner, but took his second opportunity to become only the fourth British man - following Murray, Tim Henman and Roger Taylor - to reach the Wimbledon singles semi-finals in the Open era. "I have flashbacks of all the hard work and all the sacrifices I have had to make and it's definitely paid off - and it feels pretty good."

Cameron Norrie is into the semi-finals of Wimbledon for the first time in his career after a five-set epic victory against David Goffin.

I managed to stay as patient as I could, and it was all just adrenaline, and I just used my legs in the end and tried to put the ball in the court. Norrie added: "It wasn't going my way from the beginning and I wasn’t feeling good and feeling the ball. "It's great to get this but it only gets tougher and I’m going to come out and enjoy that and take it to him and hopefully you guys can get behind me again.

Cameron Norrie became the first British player to reach a singles semifinal at Wimbledon since 2016 with a five-sets victory over David Goffin on Centre ...

Cameron Norrie faces Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals at Wimbledon on Friday after coming through five sets to beat David Goffin in the quarters and log his ...

Yeah, it's going to be a tricky one." Got emotional there, and, just a crazy day and crazy match to get through, especially with the way that it started. School life was different, his routine had changed drastically, but New Zealand could not offer him the same opportunities that Britain could. Norrie cracked the top 100 in his first year as a pro and eased his way into recognition with a Wimbledon debut ending in a first-round loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a maiden Challenger Title and a place in the second round of the US Open, lifting the curtain on an unorthodox forehand wind-up perhaps reflecting the back-lift of a talented cricket player growing up. The normality that has worked for him. After a year in London Norrie committed to TCU (Texas Christian University) in the US and embraced an environment in which he could mature as a man as much as the NCAA resources that enabled him to enhance his game.

CAMERON NORRIE is through to the semi-finals after beating David Goffin in five sets where he will meet Novak Djokovic.

Norrie then faced a tall order in keeping his Wimbledon dream alive, having to win the next two sets. Norrie immediately bounced back with Court One erupting into cheers with the Brit then breaking once more in the final game of the set to draw level. That set up a fascinating battle with Goffin, who had come through a five-set thriller of his own in the previous round to beat Frances Tiafoe.

The British number one and ninth seed defeated the unseeded Belgian at the quarter-final stage, coming from behind twice to win 3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, ...

Looking forward to it." Looking ahead to Friday's clash, Norrie told the Court One crowd: "It only gets tougher. "Then thanks to you guys...