British quantity two Cameron Norrie upset twenty third seed Jiri Lehecka to achieve the third spherical at Indian Wells.
Norrie misplaced the primary set in California however the world quantity 77 recovered to beat the Czech 3-6 6-4 7-5.
The 29-year-old will now face American Tommy Paul after the tenth seed beat compatriot Tristan Boyer 6-3 6-1.
Norrie, who beat Luca Nardi within the first spherical, claimed his greatest profession title at Indian Wells in 2021 and has reached at the very least the quarter-finals of the hard-court event in three of the previous 4 years.
In the meantime, second seed Alexander Zverev was knocked out on Friday, regardless of profitable the primary set in opposition to Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands.
The world quantity 43 fought again to beat the German 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-4) and is up in opposition to the twenty ninth seed within the third spherical, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard of France.
Zverev has now did not get previous the quarter-finals in all 4 tournaments since shedding to world primary Jannik Sinner within the Australian Open last.
Requested if the prospect of changing Sinner – who’s at the moment serving a three-month ban – as world primary has been on his thoughts, Zverev stated: “It was at first. Now it is much less, as a result of I am simply taking part in horrible.
“I’ve to search out my recreation earlier than fascinated by that as a result of to turn into world primary you must win tournaments, and I am not getting previous the primary or second spherical in the mean time.”
