By Tony Fairbairn

Cameron Norrie has reflected on his progress in 2025 as he looks ahead to the new season which starts in Brisbane.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – Cameron Norrie has reflected on his 2025 season and slammed comments from players who have criticised the schedule ahead of the new season.

 

It was a resurgent 2025 season for Cameron Norrie who enters the new season with momentum on his side.

The British number two reached a Grand Slam quarter-final at Wimbledon as well as scoring some big wins as he is back inside the world’s top 40 in the world.

One of those big wins was against Carlos Alcaraz in Paris-Bercy at the end of the season and Norrie reflected on one of the biggest wins of his career.

“Obviously, he was probably the most confident player in the world at that moment. So for me, I had to work. I had to work. I had to work,” Norrie told the Daily Mail.

“It was not just hitting the guy off the court, hitting winners. I had to run a lot, had to use my fitness, agility, power, serving, volleys, everything, to beat him. And I think it was nice to win, but I was just happy with the way I won.

“It was my typical game, the way I pushed him, the way I kept keep going. It was good fun for me.”

The win summed up Norrie’s season as he produced some consistent results and really kicked on in the middle of the season.

A turning point in Norrie’s season was the week before Roland Garros where he lost to Novak Djokovic in the Geneva final.

That revived Norrie’s season as he now enters the 2026 season with momentum on his side as he is likely to be seeded for the Australian Open.

The British number two reflected on his 2025 season and the key moments in it as he turns his attention to the 2026 season.

“At the beginning of this year, I was really trying to push. I thought I was ready to get back into the top 50 or top 30 or whatever. And I was putting so much expectation on everything, rather than just going out and making it happen,” Norrie explained to the Daily Mail.

“I knew I had the ability to do that, and I had to take a step back. It was not really happening for me. I just wanted to try and enjoy my tennis a little bit more. Suddenly I was playing really well, enjoying the clay and made the fourth round of the French Open and then had a good Wimbledon.

“It started with that momentum. And I think that was one thing that, at the beginning of the year, I was never able to get. It was like: okay, get momentum—I was sick. Get momentum—I’m tired. Or someone else was playing good.

“So there’s a lot of different factors that go into it.”

 

 

Norrie slams schedule critics

A big talking point of the 2025 season off the court was many players criticising the schedule and in particular the ten day Masters 1000 events.

There haven’t been a lot of players that have spoken in favour of the change with there being an increase in injuries and mental burnout.

However, Norrie has slammed critics of the current schedule and has urged players to get on with their job.

“In terms of the schedule, we’re not kidding ourselves,” Norrie stated to the Daily Mail.

“It’s a long schedule, but on the flip side of that, there’s a lot of opportunity to play these tournaments and to earn money and to earn a living.

“It’s a long schedule, but it’s alright for me. And I think, you’re not forced to play these (lower-graded) 250s; you have some requirements to play the 500s and the 1000s. 1000s are almost all mandatory, (but) you can pick your schedule.”

Norrie will certainly pick his schedule in 2026 as he begins his season in Brisbane which starts on the fifth of January.

 

 

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