Norrie's walk on the wild side

HOW A STROLL IN PARIS INSPIRED FAMOUS ALCARAZ VICTORY AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, A GRAND SLAM WIN

- BY JEREMY CROSS

CAMERON NORRIE says a walk with his coach helped inspire the biggest win of his career.

One which saw him take down the might of Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz.

The famous triumph at the Paris Masters will feel like sweet revenge for Norrie (right), who limped out of Wimbledon in straight sets to Alcaraz in the summer.

Norrie was no match for Alcaraz in that quarterfinal back in July, going down with a whimper to see one of his ultimate dreams fail to materialise once again.

This time he came out on top, after visualising getting over the line.

He said: “I actually went for a walk this morning with my coach and we talked through serving for the match and what I needed to tell myself.

“I told myself I deserved to be in this moment, I want to be here, and I felt quite relaxed.

“It was a nice walk, a very important walk.”