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Oct 17, 2021; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Cameron Norrie (GBR) hits a shot as he defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) in the mens final in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
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Oct 17, 2021; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Cameron Norrie (GBR) hits a shot as he defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) in the mens final in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
There’s not much time left for the ATP Finals. The premium tournament features the top eight male tennis players of the year. The selection of players depends on their performance year-round in the ATP tournaments. However, due to its ban on Russian and Belarusian players, Wimbledon lost its ranking points.
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This directly impacted the players like Cameron Norrie, and Nick Kyrgios, who did well in the tournament. The two failed to qualify for the ATP Tour Finals. However, Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic got a fast-track entry to the ATP Tour Finals.
British number 1 Cameron Norrie was not happy with it.
Thus, tennis fans took to Twitter to share their thoughts.
Cameron Norrie reacted to the selection of Novak Djokovic
While there were 0 ranking points for players in the Wimbledon Championships this year, Novak Djokovic got the advantage of winning the title. He got a special entry in the ATP Finals. However, the other players who did well in Wimbledon have got no advantage from their performance.
“Djokovic obviously qualified [for Turin] from Wimbledon, so that seems a bit strange, but that’s the way it is. It seems unfair [to me, and] I guess for [Nick] Kyrgios as well. He lost the final, and he gets nothing,” Norrie said.
Here’s how the fans reacted to it.
A fan called out Norrie for his words.
Cameron Norrie: ATP Finals' favours Novak Djokovic in unfair selection process (Briggs)
British No1 says the loss of ranking points for Wimbledon while still allowing the champion a golden ticket for Turin is unjust
What a… d-bag.https://t.co/XSPzi9cKcn— C Kristjánsdóttir ●🐊 (@CristinaNcl) October 31, 2022
In replying to the above tweet, another fan wrote their thoughts.
Boring. He should know the rules of his own sport
— Srdjan Drapic (@drapics) October 31, 2022
Another fan mocked the player.
Djokovic is doing him a favor. If he played the finals he'd probably end up being double bagelled by Medvedev or Felix 😂😂😂
— Bored-.-Guy (@BoredGuy0368925) October 31, 2022
Further, a fan was unhappy with the player complaining.
Norrie should spend more time working on his forehand and less time whining about Novak
— Tennis Bae 🐝 (@NotKateSharma) October 31, 2022
Another fan tried to draw attention to the hate Djokovic received for his stand against vaccination.
Not a word when their Number one player was been abused Mentally and Emotionally on a worldwide scale for months in the Media. That was ok it seems,, the hypocrisy of these people is there for all to see if one choses to look.
— Anne Ryan Mazza (@AnneMazza17) October 31, 2022
Another fan called out Norrie for whining.
‘The rules are the rules’… until the whiners can’t get into the ATP Finals. Weird that.
— Colleen (@Colleen42221662) October 31, 2022
Teasing Norrie for his defeat against Djokovic in the Wimbledon Championships 2022, a fan wrote:
Norrie ☹️ still salty, couldn't beat Novak in front of home crowd🤭🤣
— RN 🦶👀🤷at Bercy🐊 🎾🇿🇦 (@mpshe_shamai) November 1, 2022
Thus, several social media users shared their opinions.
These guys have no shame. Djokovic is the best player in the world [We ain't even complaining about the robbed Wimbledon points/his Australia deportation/ the USO fiasco) and this stooge thinks he should be playing the ATP Finals ahead of him.
These m0r0ns can't be human beings. https://t.co/jJzX86nHfi
— N!h!t (@S___P_D) November 1, 2022
Calling out Norrie for ignorance, a fan wrote,
HEADLINE: British ATP player discovers long-standing ATP rule. https://t.co/cUySJQfifd
— He Who Remains 🌍 (@chuks_tristan) October 31, 2022
Another angry fan wrote,
Who the hell is Cameron Norrie? https://t.co/sJGGQF1zqV
— Stefano (@nolept113b) October 31, 2022
Many teased Norrie.
focus on not getting sunburnt https://t.co/07TDR3fwid
— 🎱م (@renauItdaniel) October 31, 2022
Djokovic fans are full of anger as the Serb has already lost his chance to win the Australian Open and the US Open.
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While it’s a fact that Djokovic is among the best ever in the history of tennis, it certainly would have hurt Norrie to see a player get an advantage of the Wimbledon run, while he did not. What’s your opinion about this? Let us know in the comments.
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