Cameron Norrie is the only British player remaining in the singles
competition after Andy Murray, Emma Raducanu, and Heather Watson was knocked from the Wimbledon Championships.

The
26-year-old, who is presently ranked 11th in the world, entered the top 10 this
year for the first time.

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The
left-handed South African was born on August 23, 1995. Norrie and family emigrated from South
Africa to Auckland, New Zealand when Cameron was three years old. Cameron
Norrie was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Cameron’s
mother, Helen, is Welsh, and his father, David, is Scottish. Additionally, he
has a sister named Bronwen. It was his mother who introduced the tennis player
to the sport. His parents used to play together.

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According to the Lawn Tennis Association, both of Cameron’s
parents were collegiate-level squash players.

Cameron,
who was raised in New Zealand, studied sociology at Texas Christian University
in Fort Worth. Since 2013, he has been playing for Great Britain, and in 2017,
he went professional.

The
year 2018 saw Norrie make his first ATP-level final and enter the top 100.
Before having a breakout year in 2021, when he won Indian Wells and made his
ATP Finals debut, he won his maiden ATP title at the Los Cabos Open and rose to
the position of British number one in 2020.

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Another intriguing
aspect is that Cameron is the first British man to reach the singles quarterfinals
since Andy Murray in 2017 and the first since Johanna Konta in 2019.

Tommy Paul, the 30th
seed, was defeated by Norrie in straight sets on Sunday, securing his place in
the quarterfinals (6-4, 7-5, 6-4).

The first time Cameron
Norrie faced David Goffin at Wimbledon was in the semifinals on July 7, 2022.
With a score of 3-6 7-5 2-6 6-3 7-5, he defeated the opponent.

He has already
defeated Steve Johnson, Jaume Munar of Spain, and Pablo Andujar.

On Friday, the British
No. 1 will now face Novak Djokovic, the reigning champion.