Indian Wells | Cameron Norrie gets scared but advances to 8th

(Indian Wells) Cameron Norrie, 12^e world and winner of the event in 2021, advanced in 8^e final of the Indian Wells Masters 1000, after beating 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 6-2 the Japanese Taro Daniel (103^e).

The 27-year-old British left-hander has come a long way, as he trailed a set to nil and 4-1 in the second set, before making his big comeback. Until then, Daniel had been the most consistent, conceding fewer unforced errors than his opponent and thought he would pull off the same shot as in 2018, when he won their first confrontation, right here in the Californian desert, at 1^er round.

But Norrie is another player now and animated by a great confidence inherited from his recent results, convincing, since he remains on a title won at the end of February in Rio De Janeiro, taking his revenge on Carlos Alcaraz who had beaten him a week earlier in the final in Buenos Aires.

Persisting to push forward, he finally adjusted his game at the best time to catch up, winning the run on 15 of his 21 volleys in the second set.

And in the third heat, he went it alone to finish in 3:41.

Norrie will face Russian Andrey Rublev (7^e) or the Frenchman Ugo Humbert (77^e) in the next turn.

Gabriela Dabrowski continues on her way

Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and her teammate, Brazil’s Luisa Stefani, easily beat Asia Muhammad and Anna Danilina 6-1, 6-3 on Sunday in the first round of women’s doubles in Indian Wells.

Dabrowski and Stefani were particularly effective in the 61-minute clash, completing five of their seven break chances.

They also won 74.2% of their first serve points.

Meanwhile, Muhammad and Danilina double faulted four times and won just 58.1% of their first-ball runs. The two players converted only one opportunity to break.

Later Sunday, Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov will face Cameron Norrie and Lucas Miedler in the second round of men’s doubles.

The Canadian Press