Britain’s last man standing at Wimbledon is not the player you expect. Forgotten in the build-up to the Championships, Cameron Norrie is back and, with renewed vigour and hope, the British No 3 stormed into the fourth round with a straight-sets win (7-6, 6-4, 6-2) over Mattia Bellucci on a blazing Friday afternoon.
As Great Britain eagerly prepared to anoint the new king of SW19, or at least a major contender in any light-hearted debate over renaming “Henman Hill”, finding a powerful lefty on the verge of the second week of Wimbledon would not have surprised many.
