See the stunning second Cam Norrie loses his cool and hits a fan together with his racquet – because the supporter has a really surprising response

Cameron Norrie was beaten in straight sets at the ASB Classic in New Zealand on Tuesday, but in a fit of rage, appeared to throw his racket in the air before it hit a spectator. 

The moment came prior to the British star suffering a 6-2, 6-3 defeat by Facundo Diaz, with his racket spinning out of control and landing in the audience sat behind the baseline.

The 29-year-old, who will tavel to Australia for next week’s Grand Slam in Melbourne, was given a warning by the chair umpire while none of the members of the audience were injured by the incident. 

After the defeat, Norrie apologised for the moment, telling reporters that it had served as a wake-up call, before revealing the patron he had hit had delivered an unexpected reaction in response to being struck by his racket. 

‘I just said sorry and she was laughing,’ the Brit said, explaining the situation. 

‘I said ‘so sorry – I didn’t mean to do that’. And she said: “Yeah I’m completely okay.”

‘And she was enjoying her champagne or whatever [so] not a big deal, but as you saw with some other players you can easily be defaulted if it catches them in the wrong spot or they are not looking or something.

‘I was not meaning to do that and it is completely not me, to do something like that, I apologised very quickly and I want to apologise in general, I’m not happy with how I behaved,’ he added.

In a separate statement, Norrie revealed his frustraions came from sturggles with his timing. 

‘I was missing the ball a lot… I’m disappointed in my attitude, I couldn’t find the ball at all,’ he said. 

Norrie was seen speaking to the lady after the incident had taken place and said that he had apologised. 

‘I’m disappointed in my attitude, I couldn’t find the ball at all. I apologised to the woman, and she was OK… It barely touched her and she was laughing. But I didn’t mean to do that.’ 

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