Cameron Norrie snubs Novak Djokovic with bold French Open statement in

Cameron Norrie made a confident declaration about the upcoming French Open after losing in Madrid.

Cameron Norrie went out on a limb as he made a bold prediction about the French Open in the wake of defeat. The British No. 1 became Casper Ruud’s latest victim as he lost to the 25-year-old at the Madrid Open. Ruud is now on a seven-match winning streak and Norrie told Express Sport that his opponent is the favourite for next Grand Slam instead of the likes of Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.

Ruud hasn’t let up after an impressive start to the clay-court swing. The world No. 6 reached the final of the Monte-Carlo Masters and won his biggest career title at the Barcelona Open before coming to Madrid and continuing his rampage.

The 25-year-old has only dropped 11 games in his first two matches at the Madrid Open, including a 6-2 6-4 victory over Norrie on Monday. Ruud got revenge after losing to the world No. 30 at the Australian Open at the start of the year, though Norrie knew his opponent would be a lot more dangerous on the clay.

Ruud’s form throughout the clay swing has somewhat surprised Norrie as he added: “It was a really good level from Casper, I was impressed with how well he’s he played. Obviously really confident, playing really, really well in Monte Carlo and Barcelona so I was a bit surprised with that and how well he came out. And I took it to him in the second set I was a little bit disappointed with the final game but good lesson.”