Cameron Norrie explains why he doesn't want to play on Centre Court at Wimbledon

Cameron Norrie wants to carry on winning on Court 1 after crediting the crowd for cheering him back into the fourth round. The last British man standing held off his fellow southpaw Mattia Bellucci to triumph 7-6 6-4 on his favourite court.

But the streaky Italian world No.73 produced a string of flashing winners before the British No.3 ground him down for his eighth win out of nine on Court 1.

The 2022 Wimbledon semi-finalist thanked the fans in his courtside interview and said: "You guys were amazing today. At every big moment, you got loud. It was amazing. When I saw the schedule, I was happy. Hopefully I can play my next match here. Hopefully I can play all my matches here."

The world No.61 faces Chilean qualifier Nicholas Jarry in the last 16 on Sunday.

On his run to the last four in 2022, Norrie won his fourth round (Tommy Paul) and his quarter-final (David Goffin) on Court 1 before losing to Novak Djokovic on Centre Court.

And Norrie, whose only defeat there came to Chris Eubanks in 2023, said: "I have a good record on that court. I really like it. I feel like I can move really well on it.

"I think my favorite part is obviously the atmosphere and the energy and the people really get behind me on that court. I quite like being very close to your team. They're right there in the corner. You can pull energy from them. They're getting fired up. I quite like that.

"I love Centre Court, too. If I'm playing my next match on Centre Court, that's great. I feel there's the tendency to be a little bit more respectful on that Centre Court in terms of energy and crowd noise and everything. I felt like today on Court 1, there was a few moments, a few difficult moments for me that the crowd got really fired up.

"It's Friday afternoon. They're there to watch tennis. They're there to enjoy. I wanted to try to give them something to cheer about. I think the people quite like it when you look at them and get fired up. They feel like they've played a part in the win.

"I think it's important to use the crowd to your advantage. I was just pulling from random people in the crowd today, getting fired up with them. You can see they're loving it. I've seen Andy Murray do that a lot in his matches. Yeah, it was so much fun today."

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