Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov ousted in men's doubles quarterfinals at Indian Wells

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov fell 6-4, 7-5 in the men's doubles quarterfinals to Australia's Matthew Ebden and India's Rohan Bopanna at the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday in Indian Wells, Calif.

The Canadians fired four aces to six double faults, while winning 80 per cent of first-serve points.

However, the duo failed to convert on all four of their break point opportunities.

Meanwhile, Ebden and Bopanna had four aces, four double faults and won 73 per cent of first-serve points.

They also broke on two of four chances.

Auger-Aliassime will continue his march through the tournament when he takes on Spain's Carlos Alcaraz on Thursday in the men's singles quarterfinals.

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Frances Tiafoe defeated 10th-seeded Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 earlier on Wednesday to reach the men's singles semifinals.

The 14th-seeded American ended the 2021 champion's eight-match winning streak to earn his first semi berth in a Masters 1000 tournament.

Tiafoe hit 22 winners and had just nine unforced errors. He punctuated the victory, which was briefly interrupted by rain, by serving a love game.

"I played really quick, really close to the baseline and I was pressuring him a lot," Tiafoe said. "I didn't allow him to extend points and I was being super active with my feet, being really aggressive."

Tiafoe hasn't dropped a set in four matches during the tournament. Next, he'll play No. 5 Daniil Medvedev, who beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 7-5.

Medvedev won his 18th consecutive match and improved to 23-2 this year. He hurt his right ankle in a three-set win over Alexander Zverev a day earlier.

"When I warmed up it was hurting pretty bad," Medvedev said. "But I