MUBADALA CITI DC OPEN

July 22, 2025

Cameron Norrie

Quick Quotes

C. NORRIE/L. Musetti

3-6, 6-2, 6-3

Q. Nice win for you. What was the key to getting a win over a player like that?

CAMERON NORRIE: Yes, at the beginning he was playing better than me and I was missing some second-serve returns and a few cheap points. Against a top player like that, you can't really do that too much.

I brought my own energy. I saw that. Everyone saw that, and it was really good. I held my serve, and I was just tougher than him in the third, and I think that was the difference.

Q. When you say "bring your own energy," what does that mean for you?

CAMERON NORRIE: Just getting fired up in some moments, in some big points, some moments where it doesn't seem like a big moment but kind of you know it is, to get a 15-30 or a 30-15, and those ones, and getting fired up with my team. I've got a team here watching me, supporting me, and enjoying those moments with them is really nice. I'm a really competitive guy, so it's good fun with my team.

Q. As former college player that you are, is that from your college experience a little bit there?

CAMERON NORRIE: I think I'm just a competitive guy, and I love the rowdiness of the crowd. In America you can feel the crowd watching and supporting, and between serves they're yelling. I appreciate that, and I love seeing the people enjoy their tennis. You see a lot of fans here on a Tuesday or Wednesday today, I can't remember, Tuesday, here watching.

So that's so good to see. You've got to use that. People are coming, paying money to watch you, so I want to give them something to cheer about. I actually saw some TCU purple in the crowd, so that was nice.

Q. Do you maybe use some tactics -- let's call it tactics -- against your opponent, like maybe just to disrupt their rhythm a little bit? Do you kind of feed into the crowd or do things by yourself that disrupts your opponent's rhythm a bit?

CAMERON NORRIE: No, I want to play for me. I'm playing to enjoy it and compete with my team. I'm always giving the energy back to my team, and they like to get fired up. They know I like to get fired up in some moments.

I think it's just picking the right moments to do that. And I'm not over the top with it, and I think finding the right balance. If I can get a little bit over the top, sometimes you can be a little bit negative after that in the next point. Finding a good balance of your energy point in, point out, to kind of stay at a good level so you can find consistency and point to point, I think that's my best trait as a player, playing every point. And I did that today, for the most part. A little bit in the first set there were a few cheap points there. It was a good win.

Q. At Wimbledon I guess a couple of your opponents were acting bothered by you. Not anything you were doing intentionally maybe, but is that helpful to know whenever you're getting in somebody's head?

CAMERON NORRIE: No. I saw that a couple of times with some players snapping, but, you know, playing my home slam, some big opportunities, some big matches, I had a lot of people, friends watching me, they were getting fired up in the crowd. I never once looked at my opponent. I was always looking at my team.

You know, it's interesting, you see a little bit they're not happy when the score is not going their way. You see it when they're beating me, I'm still bringing energy. I think it's up to them. It's not my problem. I'm not doing it intentionally. I'm playing for myself.

But I don't think it's been anything massive. You know, it's been a few words to the ref and then just a bit bothered. Yeah, I'm playing my own game. It's interesting it disrupts them, so I'm just going to keep doing my own thing.

Q. How good are you feeling about your tennis? The run at Wimbledon, this is a big top-10 win for you here. How close are you tennis-wise to where you want to be?

CAMERON NORRIE: Yeah, I think this tournament is not easy to feel the ball. You see the ball flying around a lot. But I think I have been able to build a little bit of momentum through Geneva, French Open, and then Wimbledon.

I think just enjoying everything a little bit more, not forcing results, and you can't really control things, what happens on the match day, how you're feeling, and how everything is going.

I'm just competing as well as I can, enjoying it, and leading the kid play. I'm playing tennis because I loved playing when I was a kid. I love practicing, everything. Just doing that.

Yeah, I could have lost the match today. Would not really change much. I put myself in a good situation and it managed to go my way, so I take it today.

Q. You talked a lot about the crowd so far, and tennis trying to attract a younger crowd, tournaments are letting free movement in between games and things like that. It seems to work for you. You love it, you don't care, you're feeding off the energy of the crowd. Do you think this is a good move forward for this sport?

CAMERON NORRIE: I think so, yes. It takes a bit getting used to. I think in the third set today I broke serve, and you see a lot of people, a lot of movement on the sides, but typically, I have been not really too bothered with this.

At TCU when I was playing, they had a thing called the Roditi Rule, which was the head coach of TCU. At one stage in the Big 12, you could yell out during the point and yell at the players.

It was a lot. It was a lot. I was kind of used to that, and I think it never really bothered me. I think the kind of the old-school players want everything to be perfect, not saying anything.

It's interesting, it's good, and I like the tradition of it. But I think people want to move around. I remember watching in Auckland ATP when I was young, so pissed off, waiting 1-All, deuce, waiting to get into the crowd, saying, Come on, finish the game, finish the game.

And you want to go into the game and not have to wait. I think nowadays people are very impatient, including myself. So I think it's nice for them to have their movement and to see more and more tennis.