Simply impossible?
Nothing is impossible in tennis, even if Norrie starts from far away there is always a small chance of going for victory, right?
I'm not going to tell you that it's impossible for Norrie, but the mission seems almost infeasible, yes. To begin with, Norrie has never beaten Zverev in 5 confrontations, then he is going through a difficult period in his tennis career, his results have been poor for several months. So yes it's much better this week with in particular a nice victory over Draper but is that enough to say that we have found the good Norrie? Not really no, he knows Draper perfectly and knows how to thwart him, it's a great victory but it should not be taken without details. We can also say that this will be the first confrontation on grass, Norrie's best surface and Zverev's worst. Truthful! Except that Zverev seems to have turned a corner in his head and is starting to really believe in his chances of winning this tournament. With his quality of service and the aggressiveness that he manages to put into his game at the moment, he is hard to beat anywhere. Zverev will have to serve a bit less well and Norrie will have to rediscover his best tennis to win, that's a lot of conditions for few guarantees. But perhaps Norrie's flat backhand will bother Zverev more on grass than elsewhere, that playing at home will boost him and that the fact of having no ambition for this Wimbledon will allow him to play free mind and relaxed arm. You understand it well, I don't really believe in it, but I'm trying to find arguments that go in Norrie's direction all the same, so?


