Cameron Norrie provides the SECOND all-Brit upset of the day as he knocks out new British No 1 Jack Draper in straight sets

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Just as the nation was set to fall in love with Jack Draper, Cam Norrie gave us all a tap on the shoulder with his racket and said: 'Don't forget about me.'

The man who Draper usurped as British No 1 last month gave a quite superb performance in this Battle of Britain, winning 7-6, 6-4, 7-6.

The 28-year-old looked like the man who won the first set against Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals here in 2022, rather than the poor fellow who has dropped from 18 in the world to 44 in a season when he couldn't seem to buy a win. 'It was not easy coming out here to play Jack,' said Norrie. 'He's been playing so well and we're such good friends off the court, we had to put that to one side. I felt like the underdog coming in so I was pretty relaxed.'

For weeks and months Norrie has been telling us — and himself — that he is playing well, his body is strong, the results will come. The spiel was becoming less and less convincing but it seems to have come together at the perfect time and in the perfect place.

'With the form he's been in, I thought he'd be a bit lower on confidence,' said Draper. 'But he served great. His backhand was world-class. Just his overall game was rock solid and very tough to beat.'

Cameron Norrie knocked out the new British No 1 Jack Draper weeks after being downgraded

The 22-year-old struggled to meet the 28-year-old's level on a difficult afternoon on Court No 1

Norrie has struggled for form this year and failed to progress from the first rounds at Queen's and Eastbourne

The British No 1 has been enjoying a purple patch on grass which was brought to a hasty end

Norrie cut an exuberant figure on court, winning the majority of the crowd's support around

Norrie was back to his awkward best here on No 1 Court: shovelling that coal-scuttle of a backhand at a nasty, skimming height, drawing Draper in with drop shots and then picking him off. Battles between players from the same nation can often be rather like football derbies — when players know each other's games so well, form goes out the window.

Draper alluded to this fact after the match, saying: 'We practise together a lot, we know each other so well, sometimes he can take away what I'm good at.

'I feel like he knew all my patterns of play. His backhand was incredible today. He just wasn't allowing me to do the things that I wanted to do.'

Norrie neutralised Draper's massive serve — with both being left-handed, it was easier for him to stretch out to return the sliders that would usually go to a right-hander's backhand.

One return game he played to break back as Draper served for the third set was described by Nick Kyrgios on BBC commentary as 'like prime Andy Murray'.

His passing shots were phenomenal — never going for too much power, just guiding the ball outside Draper's long reach. From the worst form of his life, Norrie is into the third round of Wimbledon without dropping a set.

Elsewhere, Scot Jacob Fearnley exceeded expectations on his Centre Court debut by giving seven-time champion Novak Djokovic a 'rough day' thanks to some useful advice from countryman Murray.

'Andy gave (mutual friend) Mark Hilton some pointers to give to me,' revealed Fearnley after his 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 defeat. 'The stuff he said actually helped a lot, not surprisingly because he's played Novak so many times!'