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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nWorld No. 1 Alcaraz is aiming to avenge his 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 loss to Norrie at the Rolex Paris Masters last October.<\/p>\n
In that match, Norrie\u2019s disorienting attack drained 54 unforced errors from the Spanish superstar as he scored his first-ever win over a reigning No. 1.<\/p>\n
Murals of Norrie and Alcaraz share the same wall in the 200-level section of Stadium 2. Alcaraz said he expects another tight test against the British left-hander on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cReally difficult one against Cam, great battles I have against him,\u201d Alcaraz said after defeating Casper Ruud 6-1, 7-6(2), in today\u2019s rematch of the 2022 US Open final. \u201cThe last one I just lost against him, so I just really wanted to take the revenge.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s see how it\u2019s gonna be. Really looking forward to playing tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Facing the combination of Norrie\u2019s flat two-handed backhand and his heavy topspin forehand has caused some confusion for Alcaraz in the past.<\/p>\n
In fact, Norrie has beaten Alcaraz in two of their last three meetings though the Spaniard leads the head-to-head series, 5-3, overall.<\/p>\n
The two-time Indian Wells champion said Norrie goes gladiator mode each time they play and he must match the former TCU standout\u2019s intensity from the first ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say lefties always tricky to play against, I would say. Just the way he can change the, you
know, I\u2019m gonna say the height of the ball,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cHe has a really flat backhand and really topspin forehand. So you can be a little bit confused sometimes with how it\u2019s gonna come, the ball, to you.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a gladiator. You know, he\u2019s a real fighter, fighting every ball, every game, every set. So it\u2019s really difficult to, you know, when you\u2019re facing someone like never give up any point or any ball.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, March 11, 2026Photo credit: BNP Paribas Open INDIAN WELLS\u2014Carlos Alcaraz and Cameron Norrie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-534864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}