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Cameron Norrie's shoes went missing before Indian Wells victory

Cameron Norrie's Indian Wells victory was already remarkable enough without his revelation that his shoes had gone missing before the final and he had to wear new ones.

The 26-year-old became the first Briton to win the prestigious Masters 1,000 event in California with a 3-6 6-4 6-1 victory over Georgia's Nikolocz Basilashvili.

But his preparations were derailed when - rather like what happened to compatriot Andy Murray earlier in the tournament - his footwear vanished.

"Every day I left my shoes on top of the locker. I think someone, I don't know who it was, maybe someone from the cleaners or something last night, came through and they threw the three pairs of shoes that I had away," he told a news conference.