Does Norrie have an attitude problem?

Zardoz7/12

Hall of Fame
Norrie's attitude of late hasn't been at a usual standard of tennis player, he's more angry, more fiery and he's playing the gamesmanship more often.

I don't think Norrie is either a fan of Djokovic either.

31 October 2022 via the Daily Fail....I mean Mail. - Link

Norrie would have gained 720 points for making the semi-finals, and the lack of ranking recognition has helped scupper his chances of making the field in Turin.

Not only that, but the absence of points could also sink Great Britain's hopes of making the 18-nation United Cup, the £13million mixed team event planned for Australia in January.

Djokovic could qualify for the ATP Finals anyway if he won this week's Paris Masters, but otherwise he is relying on a regulation which - with an apparent inconsistency - is still recognising what he did at The Championships.

'Novak obviously qualified from Wimbledon so that seems a bit strange,' said Norrie, who made the second round in Paris on Monday with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic.

'I don't know if that was the rule before or not, but its seems unfair, I guess for Nick Kyrgios as well.

'He lost in the final and he gets nothing. I knew that I hadn't had the points all along, but I was still in with pretty decent chance I thought.'
 

Terenigma

G.O.A.T.
It's hard to say to be honest, He comes across perfectly pleasant in interviews and off-court but on court is a different story. Todays smash incident is nothing but an accident but it's what immediately followed that shows his attitude, he did a very minor apology and then turned his back, he didn't look like he cared at all if Novak accepted the apology and I've seen him have that cold attitude to other players too. I think he's just all business when on court.
 

pedro94

Semi-Pro
He's an 'absolute mug' with a Masters title though which is more than presumably better players like Ruud, Sinner and FAA have achieved so far.
So what? Jack Sock has a masters title, it doesn't mean much at all ;) Ruud, Sinner and especially FAA are even bigger mugs than him of course
 

clayqueen

Talk Tennis Guru
Norrie knows it's a handful for him playing Rafa and Novak, so he plays them with attitude, because he thinks that winding them up will give him a look in. When he played Rafa at RG, he kept aborting his service motion to put Rafa off reading his serve, then he kept complaining to the umpire about Rafa's timekeeping.

French Open tennis - 'It's reasonable' - Rafael Nadal defended by umpire with Cameron Norrie angry at delays​

'It's a reasonable amount of time.' The umpire had to defend Rafael Nadal with Britain's Cameron Norrie not overly happy with being made to wait during their third-round match at Roland Garros. Norrie was taking on the formidable challenge of facing the 'King of Clay' at his home from home at Roland Garros on Court Suzanne Lenglen on Saturday afternoon.​

 

InsuranceMan

Hall of Fame
Norrie knows it's a handful for him playing Rafa and Novak, so he plays them with attitude, because he thinks that winding them up will give him a look in. When he played Rafa at RG, he kept aborting his service motion to put Rafa off reading his serve, then he kept complaining to the umpire about Rafa's timekeeping.

French Open tennis - 'It's reasonable' - Rafael Nadal defended by umpire with Cameron Norrie angry at delays​

'It's a reasonable amount of time.' The umpire had to defend Rafael Nadal with Britain's Cameron Norrie not overly happy with being made to wait during their third-round match at Roland Garros. Norrie was taking on the formidable challenge of facing the 'King of Clay' at his home from home at Roland Garros on Court Suzanne Lenglen on Saturday afternoon.​

You didn’t get banned after that horrid shooting post?
 

Fabresque

Legend
Complaining about Djokovic making tour finals is crazy. That rules been around since the dawn of time almost, why did he decide to moan about it then? Because Djokovic benefitted from it? He ended up making the cut without Wimbledon anyway so who cares.

His on court attitude sucks. I don’t mind the hit but the lack of apology is terrible. He also did some gamesmanship to Alcaraz a few months ago. He’s not super likable.
 

Mainad

Bionic Poster
So what? Jack Sock has a masters title, it doesn't mean much at all ;) Ruud, Sinner and especially FAA are even bigger mugs than him of course

I contend that you cannot be classed as an absolute mug if you have a Masters title. If better players can't take advantage of the same opportunities that Norrie and Sock did then too bad for them. :cool:
 

Rosstour

G.O.A.T.
The British have this peculiarity of being either consummate gentlemen or trash. I guess Norrie falls in the second category lol

How many of them are warm on court?

Zero

Aussies, Americans and Brits are very cold shouldered.

Lez be honest, the ppl annoyed over this are annoyed because Norrie didn't show enough deference to the Serbian Alpha Wolf.
 

Arak

Legend
How many of them are warm on court?

Zero

Aussies, Americans and Brits are very cold shouldered.

Lez be honest, the ppl annoyed over this are annoyed because Norrie didn't show enough deference to the Serbian Alpha Wolf.
I guess Murray?
 

Arak

Legend
Funnily enough that was Nalbandian's view of Tim Henman. Henman was always thought of as a true gentleman on court but Nalbandian called him "the worst trash there is" after an altercation with him during an encounter.
I always thought Henman was definitely a gentleman. Interesting story :)
 

AO13

Hall of Fame
Putting all the things aside from today, his statement about how it's unfair that Novak automatically qualified for ATP finals last year because he won a Slam even though he is not in top 8 in the race (at the time of the statement), just to Novak end in top 8 in the race by the end of the year nevertheless the Wimbledon title, made him a complete, absolute idiot of a person. And a crybaby. Shame.
 

Bill Lobsalot

Hall of Fame
Novak turned his back like a scared school girl. If he had stood there like a man he might have returned that. Norrie put up his hand. I see no problem.
 

vokazu

Legend
Norrie grew up in Auckland, NZ. Maybe he's a Jafa.

  • Auckland is alleged to be full of rude, greedy and arrogant people, having a similar reputation as Mumbai and Kolkata in India, Milan and Rome in Italy, Paris in France, London in the United Kingdom or Moscow and St. Petersburg in Russia.
  • Auckland is alleged to be full of cars and especially SUVs (often referred to by detractors as 'Remuera Tractors', with Remuera being the stereotypical 'rich people's suburb'), and its drivers preferring them to other types of transportation,[7] but Aucklanders use them less than the rural population.

 

Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
Funnily enough that was Nalbandian's view of Tim Henman. Henman was always thought of as a true gentleman on court but Nalbandian called him "the worst trash there is" after an altercation with him during an encounter.
Tiger Tim told Nalbandian to shut up and get him a coke.
 

The Green Mile

Bionic Poster
Off court, I'm a little surprised with his comments, but on court, he is one of the most focused "tunnel vision" players I have ever seen, so I think a few of his "antics" aren't what they are chalked up to be by some posters (like that nothing burger overhead in Novak match). Even just in his previous match, he didn't let the French crowd get to him, like they seemingly always do, when facing a home favourite. Down 1-2 in sets and down a break for a lot of the 5th

As I said, off court comments, It's a mixed bag. Seeing no injury in Alcaraz for example is a stretch, but I wouldn't put it past him to think it wasn't that bad. Crying about Novak's Wimbledon win to get direct entry into the tour finals is lame though. That rule has been in place for a long time.
 
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