?A Gun Put to His Head? – Wimbledon Semi-Finalist Cameron Norrie?s Father Reveals Horrific Emigration Incident

Cameron Norrie has had a dream run so far at the ongoing Wimbledon Championships. He produced his best showing at a Grand Slam tournament, reaching the semi-finals of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament. However, he went down fighting against the former world number one, Novak Djokovic, in the last-four clash. In a match lasting just over two and a half hours, Djokovic got the better of Norrie in four sets, winning 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

During Norrie’s childhood days, he lived with his family in South Africa. However, the family relocated to New Zealand when Norrie was three-years-old. Recently, his father gave an account of why they moved to New Zealand from South Africa.

Norrie’s father on why they relocated to Auckland

During an interview, Cameron Norrie’s father, David, recounted the horrific incident that led them to relocate to New Zealand. He said, “We lived in a complex with barbed wire electric fencing, so it was relatively secure. But there was an automated gate as you drove up. One night our neighbor was the victim of a carjacking. He had a gun put to his head and there was a baby in the back of the car.”

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Further, he added, “We decided at that point that this was not the place to bring up kids and started making plans to emigrate. We had lots of friends who had been burgled. Moving to somewhere like New Zealand, we looked at the change in lifestyle, which was very active. It was one of the best decisions we made in terms of space and where to bring up a family. If we had stayed in South Africa I guess things might have worked out differently.”?

Djokovic sets up a final clash with Kyrgios after defeating Cameron Norrie

In the summit clash of the Wimbledon Championships 2022, Djokovic will take on Australia’s Nick Kyrgios. The latter had received a walkover in the semi-finals after Rafael Nadal withdrew from the tournament owing to an abdominal injury.

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Novak Djokovic is winless in the two matches he has played against Nick Kyrgios on the ATP tour. It’ll be interesting to see who comes out on top in this mouth-watering summit clash on Sunday.