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Ian Chadband

Norrie survives 46 aces to be pride of British tennis

Andy Murray may have gone and new star Jack Draper been kayoed but British tennis fans are counting on old favourite Cam Norrie to produce the goods after he booked them the delicious treat of a Wimbledon quarter-final against reigning champ Carlos Alcaraz.

Alcaraz had a rip-roaring fourth-round scrap with mercurial Russian Andrey Rublev before prevailing 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-4 6-4 on Centre Court to keep his bid for a Wimbledon hat-trick very much on track on Sunday.

But the Spaniard's trial from Rublev was as nothing compared to the bombardment faced by former semi-finalist Norrie, who had to survive a barrage of 46 aces and 103 winners from Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry under the roof of No.1 court before winning 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (7-9) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3.

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