Cameron Norrie races past Andrey Rublev to reach Indian Wells quarters

15.03.2023 - 04:01 theguardian.com

Cameron Norrie powered his way into the BNP Paribas Open quarter-finals at Indian Wells with a commanding straight-sets victory over Andrey Rublev.

The 27-year-old needed just 75 minutes to see off the Russian sixth seed 6-2, 6-4 and claim an eighth successive win with one of his best performances of the season to date.

The match began with three successive service breaks, before Norrie held to take control of the first set. Serving at 4-2 down, Rublev raced to 40-0 up but lost the next five points in a row as Norrie broke again, and the streak continued in the next game as the British No 1 held to love.

Norrie clinically broke again in the third game of the second set and appeared to have the match won when he defended break points before breaking Rublev again to lead 5-2 on serve.

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