The last British hope of Wimbledon Cameron Norrie has swept away …

The hopes of the British individuals in Wimbledon ended for another year with a loss of straight set for Cameron Norrie against the reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter -finals.

Norrie had hoped to become only the third home player in the open era to defeat a owner of the men’s title in SW19 after Roger Taylor and Tim Henman, but he sold to a defeat 6-2 6-3 in just one hour and 39 minutes.

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However, it was excellent fifteen for the 29 -year -old, who almost abandoned the first 100 at the beginning of this season three years after reaching the semifinals here and has shown that he could be a factor again.

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In the meantime, Alcaraz will face Taylor Fritz in the last four Fridays while continuing its offer to make him three titles in a row at the All England Club.

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After winning a 23rd consecutive game, the five -time winner of the Grand Slam said: “I am really happy. Being able to play another semifinal here in Wimbledon is very special.

“I am really happy with the level I played today against a really difficult player like Cam. He is an extraordinary boy. Nobody works more hard than him.”

Alcaraz also revealed that he will return to the golf course in his free days, saying: “I will certainly play a little golf, just to turn off a little. When the things I’m doing are working, I have to continue doing it.”

Carlos Alcaraz celebrates the victory over Cameron Norrie
Carlos Alcaraz celebrates the victory over Cameron Norrie (Adam Davy/Pa)
Norrie’s progress meant that in the end he had to move from his favorite court to the main stage, where he had lost four of his five previous games, also against Alexander Zverev last year and Novak Djokovic in the last four in 2022.

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Against Djokovic he had taken the first set to evoke the dreams of a home finalist but here, with the Lord of the Rings Sir Ian McKellen actor who watched from the front row of the Royal Box, The Wizardry came from Alcaraz.

Norrie, who had a heated discussion with his previous opponent Nicolas Jarry for his vocal celebrations, issued a great cry of “Come on” after keeping the service in the opening game and promptly created four pause points in the second.

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But Alcaraz saved them all and from there the competition was played almost entirely at the conditions of the Spaniard.

A double fault gave a pause to the second 2-1 seed, and carried out four games in a row with an unlikely passage of law at the base.

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Alcaraz was having fun, sending Norrie who climbed in all the corners of the Court Center with hexagratations and artistic gusts and artistic gusts, and the Spaniards took only 28 minutes to conclude the first set.

Norrie, who had won two of his last three meetings with Alcaraz, can rarely be criticized for the effort, but was playing against someone with more clubs in his bag, and another precision blow of the 22 year old gave him a third break in the game in the third game of the second set.

Carlos Alcaraz slips into a right
Carlos Alcaraz slips into a right (Mike Egerton/PA)
Alcaraz’s weapons also include a sudden service and, when Norrie created the opportunity to strike in the sixth game, he disappeared in the flash of an ace.

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The British player, who will see his ranking climbing from 61 to just outside the top 40, was actually winning the majority of long gatherings, but dragging Alcaraz in the type of dog fighting that made his brand was much easier to say than to do.

Norrie fought hard to resist his service in the early stages of the third set, so he saved a 2-5 game point, but was simply delaying the inevitable. [Pa media]

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