{"id":638854,"date":"2026-06-14T21:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/638854\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T21:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:21:14","slug":"hsbc-championships-2026-cam-norrie-on-injury-return-playing-at-queens-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/638854\/","title":{"rendered":"HSBC Championships 2026: Cam Norrie on injury return, playing at Queen\u2019s & the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

British No.1 Cam Norrie is back and raring to go ahead of another week of grass court tennis at the HSBC Championships at Queen\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n

The 2021 runner-up and former Wimbledon semi-finalist returns to the grass after a difficult end to the clay court swing, having to retire in the first round of Roland Garros with a rib issue.<\/p>\n

After a bit of time away from the court, Norrie<\/a> has been back on the grass this week and is feeling good ahead of one of his favourite parts of the tennis season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took more than a week off after Paris and went to Barcelona for a wedding to enjoy,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was cool to do something different, take my mind off tennis completely. Then I was just resting and came here to prepare.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rib was bothering me a little bit in the beginning while I was practicing but nothing major. I\u2019m feeling good now and lots of learnings from everything. It was a nice mental reset.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always like being back in the UK, so I\u2019m feeling pretty relaxed. I\u2019ve been hitting the ball well immediately, which has been good.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I\u2019m playing great, so I have the confidence to know I\u2019m going to have a big result eventually. I want to continue to enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Norrie and the rest of the British men\u2019s players have a tough act to follow next week after impressive performances from the women in the WTA 500 event.<\/p>\n

Katie Boulter<\/a> reached the semi-finals, and fellow British No.1 Emma Raducanu<\/a> is set to play in the women\u2019s final later today.<\/p>\n

The world No.29 \u2013 who plays fourth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the opening round \u2013 was full of praise for his compatriots and hopes that playing in the second week could work to his advantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a good start for all the girls \u2013 they did really well this week,\u201d Norrie said. \u201cThere\u2019s no better place to start the grass court season so I\u2019m looking forward to it and the girls really set the tone high.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I do prefer the court being worn in a bit. I know at Wimbledon I always like it in the second week I really like the grass and feel I move really well on it. The courts here are feeling really great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Norrie\u2019s former Davis Cup teammate and former British No.1 Dan Evans<\/a> announced that he is set to retire after the 2026 grass court season.<\/p>\n

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Having spent lots of time together both on and off the court, Norrie was full of praise for his countryman when asked about the news in his pre-tournament press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was incredible for British tennis and me personally,\u201d he added. \u201cI was always trying to chase him.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, one of the most fun guys to watch. The way he played is so incredibly difficult to do at such a high level. It\u2019s super impressive what he\u2019s done, how skillful he is, and how dedicated he is to tennis.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a big inspiration and very much a relatable figure. I wish him all the best, and I think he can be proud of such a great career.\u201d<\/p>\n

The HSBC Championships won\u2019t be the only high-profile sporting event taking place this week, as World Cup fever captures the interest from across the globe.<\/p>\n

As a big football fan, with ties to several teams, Norrie said he will have to manage his schedule a bit to stay up-to-date.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want Scotland to do the best because of my Dad,\u201d he said. \u201cThey got a lucky goal last night, but we\u2019ll take it. It\u2019s pretty weird with the timings, but I think everyone is following.<\/p>\n

\u201cI might have to take some naps in the afternoon, the timings are pretty tough. We\u2019ll have to plan.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British No.1 Cam Norrie is back and raring to go ahead of another week of grass court tennis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-638854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}