{"id":122864,"date":"2025-08-31T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T12:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/122864\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T12:54:07","slug":"cameron-norrie-says-what-he-wishes-the-umpire-would-have-done-to-novak-djokovic-during-their-us-open-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/122864\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Norrie says what he wishes the umpire would have done to Novak Djokovic during their US Open match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cameron Norrie continues to discuss his US Open exit at the hands of Novak Djokovic, keen to emphasise the quality of his conqueror.<\/p>\n<p>It is not a new claim by any means, but one that the former British number one has professed on many occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Their meeting earlier this week marked a seventh straight loss for him against the 38-year-old, who has grand ambitions of claiming an elusive 25th Grand Slam title in New York next week.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite all the talent <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/novak-djokovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> boasts, which he showcased to great effect, <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/the-issue-cameron-norrie-had-with-novak-djokovic-during-their-us-open-match-that-he-complained-to-the-umpire-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Norrie did take issue<\/a> with one thing that he did mid-match.<\/p>\n<p>He has since revealed the request he made to the umpire regarding his grievance; a request that fell on deaf ears.<\/p>\n<p>Cam Norrie on the umpire during his Novak Djokovic match<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to a <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a> media room, he was asked about the various medical time-outs taken by Djokovic, as well as his extended breaks to stretch as he seemed to be nursing a back injury.<\/p>\n<p>One reporter wondered whether he felt like it was a tactic, to which <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/cameron-norrie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Norrie<\/a> replied: \u201cNo, I don\u2019t think it was a tactic, but I would have liked to see the umpire be a bit more assertive, but it changed nothing for the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, yeah, just three or four times I had to wait for him on my serve for him, partly, I think maybe he was kind of stretching or he was\u2026 But it was nothing to do with Novak.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just asking the umpire, What\u2019s the rule? Every time I have to wait for him?\u2019 But there was not really anything there, and it was not a big deal, but I was just asking the question, you know, \u2019cause typically, you played to the server\u2019s speed, but he didn\u2019t tell him anything, even once.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t hear him. Maybe he did, but, yeah, it was not a factor in the match at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cam Norrie\u2019s Grand Slam performance throughout 2025<\/p>\n<p>Given all the hype around Jack Draper this year as Britain\u2019s new guiding light, Norrie has quietly performed really well throughout 2025, particularly in the Grand Slams.<\/p>\n<p>After all, despite a tough first-round exit in Melbourne, he put that disappointment aside to stun many when he soared into the second week at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2232066438-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Cameron Norrie and Novak Djokovic shake hands\" class=\"wp-image-321425\" \/>Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Beaten there by Djokovic again, he backed that up with a run to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, with Carlos Alcaraz crushing him on his way to the final.<\/p>\n<p>And now, a third-round run at the US Open marks another solid display, even taking a set off the Serbian as he fought hard against one of the best of all time.<\/p>\n<p>This has been a really impressive, solid year for the 30-year-old, who continues to perform admirably, albeit under the radar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cameron Norrie continues to discuss his US Open exit at the hands of Novak Djokovic, keen to emphasise&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[73867,433,99,428,11883],"class_list":{"0":"post-122864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-cameron-norrie","9":"tag-novak-djokovic","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-us-open"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}