The last hope of England in Wimbledon 2025 turned off when Cam Norrie guarded the racket before the current champion Carlos Alcaraz with a quick score after three sets were 2-6, 3-6, 3-6 in the quarterfinals.
Before the opponent was too superior in both class and bravery, Norrie hardly showed anything significant, despite the struggle efforts during the three sets. Once again, the fans of England have to ask the familiar question: “When will the land of fog produce a player like Andy Murray?”.
Since the peak of Murray – the Wimbledon championship 2013 and 2016, the UK tennis has not had a name enough to reach the world. Cam Norrie has reached the Wimbledon 2022 semi -finals and is often present in the top 20 of the world, but he lacks the peak bravery and the ability to create mutations against big opponents like Alcaraz or Djokovic.
The match against Alcaraz once again showed the difference between the host player and the world's top stars. Despite having defeated Alcaraz twice in the past, Norrie was completely inferior to the pitch of the Spanish rival – where Alcaraz had a winning rate of up to 92%, the highest in the opening era.
Not only Norrie, a series of other British male players soon stopped at the tournament, including Jack Draper, Dan Evans or Liam Broady. In women's content, the hope Emma Raducanu stopped before Sabalenka in the third round. The result once again raised the alarm bell for the English tennis training system, where there was a leading facilities but lacked really outstanding talents.
While countries like Spain, the United States or Russia have continuously produced a new generation of talent, the UK seems to be struggling to find the “second Murray”. But to get a player who converges talent, steel spirit and bravery like Murray, perhaps England will have to wait a long time.