Cameron Norrie primed for toughest battle in tennis - beating Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros

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You would not know it from the Russell Crowe movie, but the Romans used to have a kind of gladiator called a retiarius. This fellow fought with a trident in one hand, and a weighted net in the other. He would pin you down with one piece of kit, then finish you off with the other. This remote memory crept into my mind while I was watching Cameron Norrie dispose of Lloyd Harris in four excellent sets on Thursday. Because Norrie is an unusual tennis player: a kind of two-for-one deal. Norrie’s heav

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