London, July 5 -- Cameron Norrie said he used a crowd tactic deployed by Andy Murray to get himself fired up during his third-round Wimbledon victory over Italian Matteo Bellucci.
Playing on Court One - which he describes as his favourite at the tournament - the 29-year-old said he picked out members of the crowd to feed off their energy as he battled to a 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 6-3 victory on Friday.
"I think it's important to use the crowd to your advantage," he said.
"I was just pulling from random people in the crowd today, getting fired up with them. You can see they're loving it."
Focusing on particularly passionate individuals in the crowd to motivate himself was a strategy often used by three-time Grand Slam champion Murray.
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