“These opportunities are getting better and better than the opportunities a few years ago,” Norri said.
“The level he brings and the competitiveness he brings is crazy. Every time I play him, he changes his tactics and makes it difficult.
“I’m ready-he plays Unreal, or he doesn’t play well, stops the game and plays well.”
In the first round of the win over learner Tien, Djokovic looked unstable on his feet in wet conditions and needed to treat blisters on his toes.
The seventh seed Djokovic did not compete in the six weeks before the U.S. Open and showed more signs of rust on Wednesday, playing against the U.S. qualifier Zachary Svajda.
It is always dangerous to suggest that Djokovic looks vulnerable, and Nori is certainly wary.
But Norrie’s tennis brand – trying to make things material and drag Djokovic into the scrap of energy bursts – could be key if the first eight is about bringing his failure to the Serb confrontation.
“I’m going to have to beat him,” Norri said. Norri said he showed his survival instinct in four battles with Argentina’s Francisco Casemana on Wednesday.
“I did see the blister, but he was the king of adversity. He fought and pushed it.
“I won’t be a service robot, but I will serve off the court.”
