'Something to learn from' - Racquet smash boost gives Cameron Norrie food for thought after Andrey Rublev loss

Cameron Norrie suggested he might need to vent his frustration more often after a racquet smash seemed to improve his level in defeat to Andrey Rublev at the US Open. The British No. 1 produced an error-strewn display as he was beaten in straight sets by the ninth seed.

Ad One of Norrie’s best patches of play came after he smashed his racquet when trailing by two sets and a break. He reeled off three points in a row afterwards to break straight back and then raced to 40-0 in his next service game. US OpenSwiatek v Niemeier — US Open highlights2 HOURS AGO “I think that was the best game of the match,” said Norrie afterwards.

“I played the only game I had chances really to break. So I felt like I was able to release a little bit. Obviously it's not ideal to be breaking racquets and doing that.

I very rarely do it, so I was able to kind of snap and change my energy and really lift after that. “That was the part where I was moving the best. And doing that maybe something interesting to learn from that and maybe I can kind of, maybe not continue to break racquets, but do something different to kind of change the energy when I feel like too relaxed and too, like, chill on the court, and not really moving as well as I would like and missing second-serve returns uncharacteristically.” Norrie made 35 unforced errors in the match, including plenty on his backhand side.

Norrie beaten by Rublev in fourth round Swiatek battles back to reach quarters He also won just 37 per cent of points on his second serve. Reflecting on his display, the seventh seed said: “I felt actually very relaxed, and I think maybe too relaxed. “Usually in the other matches I was very nervous, like I said, and very tight, but I felt like I used that and I was