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de Minaur                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Cameron Norrie came back from the brink of defeat to pull off a remarkable victory against Alex de Minaur at the Canadian Open, but one big talking point after the match was his repetitive change of shirts throughout the gruelling match.<\/p>\n<p>Norrie hauled himself back from match point down to win 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-1 in a gruelling two hours, 52 minutes in difficult played in demandingly humid conditions.<\/p>\n<p>De Minaur double faulted while holding his lone match point at 5-2 in the second set, with Norrie holding the upper hand after that moment as he powered towards the winning line against a fading opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Norrie changed his shirt on numerous occasions during the match and the moments he picked to make the changes raised plenty of eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>The Brit changed his shirt during De Minaur\u2019s service games and also when he was break point down on his own serve, with umpire Fergus Murphy looking a little bemused by his clothing changes.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-de-minaur-told-cruz-and-lleyton-hewitt-after-match-in-washington\">Alex de Minaur reveals what he told Cruz and Lleyton Hewitt after their match in Washington<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/katie-boulter-name-alex-de-minaur-wedding\">Katie Boulter ends speculation over whether she will take Alex de Minaur\u2019s name after wedding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While he didn\u2019t break any rules with his shirt changes, Norrie was accused by some social media users of using devious tactics to break up the make and distract De Minaur.<\/p>\n<p>One X user suggested Norrie used \u2018dirty tactics\u2019 to throw De Minaur out of his stride, with others asking if his shirt-changing obsession was fair.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted after the match that his shirt changes were merely due to the humidity, as he addressed the issue after the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took eight shirts. Had to change a lot,\u201d said Norrie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just trying to play every point, and I thought it was getting tough, and it was so humid. It felt like a wall. And I was really struggling with that. And if I was struggling, I know I\u2019m a really fit guy, so I was thinking, imagine how he\u2019s feeling, and he must be suffering, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I wanted to keep pushing and keep pushing, and it ended up paying off in the third set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought a little bit, in the end of the first set, and in the second set I tried to rush the points a little bit too much. In that moment, all last week, this week, I\u2019ve really been trying to reset every point, regardless of if it was the best point I played or the worst point, and regardless of what happens, just tried to get myself ready, fight every single point.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd obviously I was down 5-2. It was looking like it was going to be done, but I just said, no, let\u2019s keep playing, keep testing the legs. Managed to do that and get back and find that right balance of not pressing too much and really finding that good balance where I could come forward when I needed to and make good decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I managed to do that in the tiebreak, too, and came forward, and I played to win, and that\u2019s what counted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The win ensured Norrie will jump back above Arthur Fery to reclaim the British No 1 ranking at the end of the Canadian Open and he might fancy his chances of going all the way in Montreal after a remarkable escape against De Minaur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/alex-de-minaur-tells-coach-should-f-come-try-produces-awful-third-set\">Alex de Minaur lets rip against coach telling him \u2018you should f****** come on court and try it\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameron Norrie faces \u2018bad sportsmanship\u2019 accusation after stunning Alex de Minaur win Kevin Palmer 07 Aug 2026 7:00 PM Cameron Norrie and Alex de Minaur Cameron Norrie came back from the brink of defeat to pull off a remarkable victory against Alex de Minaur at the Canadian Open, but one big talking point after the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2082820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2082820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2082820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2082820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2082820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}