Norrie's near-miss gives him hunger to take the final step

CAMERON NORRIE is hungry to replicate his run to the Wimbledon semi-finals a year ago

- Matt Majendie

Then, the 27-year-old took the first set off eventual champion Novak Djokovic before eventually being outplayed.

Norrie’s build-up has been a little indifferent, but he is confident of giving the British public something to cheer about.

“It was great to do that,” he said of last year. “But it’s made me hungrier and I want more and more.

“I didn’t gain from the rankings side of things at all [ranking points were annulled in response to the ban on Russian and Belarusian players], but it felt good to get through to the second week.”