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FA C E T I M E The watch collections of the rich and famous revealed
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Cameron Norrie We talk to the British No. 2 about tennis, timekeeping and Harry Potter
ANDY MURRAY IS, without a doubt, one of the greatest tennis players ever. The British No. 1 – when he’s not having health issues – is a dominating force on the court and one that many a player looks up to. That’s especially true in the case of British No. 2 Cameron Norrie. Over the past couple of years, the 26-year-old has been honing his game, amping up his power and quietly moving up the ranks, one ATP after another. And, like any good tennis player, he’s now made his debut in the watch world with Swiss ceramic specialists Rado. Unfortunately, when I caught up with Norrie, it was on the back of a first-round defeat to Russian Karen Khachanov. How’d that feel?
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“It was a tough draw, it happens. You can’t have an easy run of it every time. But I feel good, I’ve just gotten into Cincinnati, I have a good practice lined up and feel like I’ve bounced back.” It’s the kind of positive outlook any good sportsman needs and one that, despite harsh lockdown measures, Norrie seems to have kept up throughout the past year – though largely because he got out of dodge in good time. “Honestly, for me lockdown wasn’t so bad. My parents live in New Zealand, so I went back there when everything kicked off. We were locked down for a month before the country got down to zero cases and I could get back to normal life pretty quickly. I could go to the beach, play some golf and
