Centre Court is currently on fire, with Carlos Alcaraz leading in this quarterfinal match against Cameron Norrie 6-2, 6-3, and it’s only been an hour and 19 minutes. Alcaraz has had a seemingly easy game of this, keeping the Brit on his toes throughout; however, some people in particular might think that Cam Norrie is trying to throw the Spaniard off his game with his use of language. And “some people” refers to the former world. No. 1 John McEnroe.
McEnroe, who is serving as a commentator for this game on BBC, pointed out that Cam Norrie, who “was born in South Africa, grew up in New Zealand, and is a Brit,” ended up saying the Spanish word “vamos,” which translates to “let’s go,” after every point he scored. McEnroe was audibly confused to hear the phrase when he said on live air, “Was that Norrie saying ‘vamos’?” soon after a point that Alcaraz lost.
What McEnroe may not be privy to is that Norrie’s coach is the Argentinian Facundo Lugones, so perhaps there is some Spanish influence on that end, and it isn’t Norrie trying to step up Alcaraz by appropriating his language but rather just a quirk that he had adopted in time. Either way, whatever Norrie says, in whatever language, it’s unlikely that it’s going to change Carlos Alcaraz’s game or the fate of this one for that matter.
This is a developing story…
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