“Losing With Dignity.” – Tennis Fan Receives a Gift From Cameron Norrie as an Apology for Losing $30000

Published 09/15/2022, 12:36 PM EDT

The recently concluded Wimbledon Championship has been a dream come true for Cameron Norrie. He reached the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Open 2022, which was his best showing at a Grand Slam tournament. However, that dream run of form didn’t continue for long.

Firstly, he went down fighting against the former world number one, Novak Djokovic, in the semifinals of Wimbledon. Then he lost to Andrey Rublev of Russia in the round of 16 of the US Open 2022. Recently, he was also seen gifting a tennis racquet to a fan.

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Cameron Norrie gifts his fan a tennis racquet

Yesterday on 14th September 2022, Dave Portnoy, an American internet celebrity, took to Twitter and posted a post on Cameron Norrie saying, “Shoutout to @cam_norrie for giving me his smashed tennis racket after I lost 30k on him at US Open. This is what I call losing with dignity.”

Shoutout to @cam_norrie for giving me his smashed tennis racket after I lost 30k on him at US Open. This is what I call losing with dignity. pic.twitter.com/2FndyQDXIj
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) September 14, 2022

This particular tweet from Portnoy was in reference to the match that Norrie lost against Harry Styles super-fan, Andrey Rublev, in the recently concluded US Open 2022. As per Dave Portnoy, he lost a bet of $30000 on Cameron Norrie at this year’s US Open. But in return, Portnoy received a tennis racquet from Cameron Norrie as a gift.

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Along with Dave Portnoy being an American internet celebrity, he is a blogger and the founder of Barstool Sports. Barstool Sports is a sports and pop culture blog.

That rare moment when Norrie lost his cool

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Norrie rarely shows any kind of emotion on the court, but in the third set of the fourth round of the US Open 2022, he completely lost it. In a moment of rage, he slammed his racket to the ground.

The umpire warned him for the behavior, and he moved off in shame to his bag to pick a different racket. Eventually, he went down with a score of 4-6, 4-6, and 4-6 in the end.

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Cameron Norrie has done quite decently well in recent times, but he has struggled against opposition like Djokovic and Rublev in the crunch moments. All his fans back home would be hoping for much better outcomes from him in the upcoming major events.

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Sampreet Shetty is a Tennis author at EssentiallySports. After earning his Bachelor’s degree in engineering, he started his professional career as a content writer. Sampreet started following tennis after witnessing Andy Murray's exploits on the ATP tour during his heyday.

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“Losing With Dignity.” – Tennis Fan Receives a Gift From Cameron Norrie as an Apology for Losing $30000

Cameron Norrie gifts his fan a tennis racquet

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That rare moment when Norrie lost his cool