Los Angeles Times

Norrie and Dimitrov earn semifinal berths

British player wins in rout, and eighthseed­ed Hurkacz is upset by Bulgarian.

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INDIAN WELLS — Cameron Norrie routed 11thseeded Diego Schwartzma­n 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open and extend the best season of his young career.

Norrie needed just 73 minutes to dismantle Schwartzma­n, who finally held serve to open the second set, drawing cheers from the small crowd at Indian Wells Tennis Garden, where attendance has been capped at well below capacity because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“For my biggest match of my career to play like I did and execute like I did was the biggest thing that I’m most happy with,” Norrie said.

Schwartzma­n earned his only break of the match to tie it 2-2 in the second. Norrie ran off the final four games to move into a semifinal against 23rd-seeded Grigor Dimitrov, who beat No. 8 Hubert Hurkacz 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2). Schwartzma­n won 13 of 27 points on his first serve, and just three of 19 on his second serve to go with four double faults.

Hurkacz dropped a set for the first time in the tournament. He trailed 5-2 in the third before winning three straight games to tie at 5-5. Hurkacz held at 6-6 to force the tiebreak. But he appeared exhausted at that point, committing unforced errors on the final three points to lose.

In the women’s quarterfin­als, No. 12 Ons Jabeur swept past Anett Kontaveit 7-5, 6-3, and 10th-seeded Angelique Kerber was upset by Paula Badosa 6-4, 7-5.

 ?? Mark J. Terrill Associated Press ?? CAMERON NORRIE reaches to make a backhand return against Diego Schwartzma­n in a quarterfin­al match. Norrie won easily 6-0, 6-2 in 73 minutes.
Mark J. Terrill Associated Press CAMERON NORRIE reaches to make a backhand return against Diego Schwartzma­n in a quarterfin­al match. Norrie won easily 6-0, 6-2 in 73 minutes.

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