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Why Norrie exit shows Britain is punching below weight

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Cameron Norrie has become the Mr Dependable of British tennis.

If you're backing a Briton to reach the third round of a Grand Slam then he's your man.

Norrie, 30, has reached that stage in 15 of his past 20 majors, but moving beyond the last 32 is what has been consistently difficult.

The same goes for his compatriots.

On Friday, 26th seed Norrie became the final British singles player to fall at the Australian Open when he lost to German third seed Alexander Zverev.

It was the second successive major where Britain - one of the richest tennis nations in the world because of the cash generated by Wimbledon - failed to reach the second week.