This morning, October 15, the men's singles at Indian Wells Masters 2021 entered the semi -finals. On the first day of competition, Cameron Norrie encountered Diego Schwartzman, while Grigor Dimitrov met Hubert Hurkacz.
In California, the quarter -final between Norrie and Schwartzman took place quickly. Accordingly, Norrie took only 1 hour 13 minutes to defeat the opponent after 2 sets. British player also became the first owner of the ticket to the semi -finals of Indian Wells this year.
As soon as I entered Set 1, Norrie completely owned the game. He won a 6-game circuit, including 3 successfully broken games of the opponent to end this set with a score of 6-0.
Sang 2, the game still did not change when Norrie continued to have 3 times to win the break. On the other side of the battle line, Schwartzman reclaimed the break once in game 4, but that was not enough for him to turn the flag. The Argentinian accepted the racket with a 2-6 defeat in this set and lost 0-2 final.
In the quarterfinals 2, Dimitrov and Hurkacz created an extremely attractive match. Hurkacz is the No. 8 seed of the tournament and is in very high form this year with 3 ATP championships. Meanwhile, Dimitrov has just resonated when defeating the US Open 2021 champion in the previous round.
In set 1, the turning point in game 8 when Hurkacz won the first break of the match. The seed No. 8 then did not make any mistakes in the game decided to win 6-3. Set 2, the game changes when Dimitrov rises strongly. The Polish player has twice won the break in Game 2 and Game 10 to win 6-4, thereby balancing the score 1-1.
Sang 3 decisions, Dimitrov and Hurkacz have a dramatic score chase. Accordingly, each player once won the break before putting the set set in a tie-break series. Here, Dimitrov proved more brave and defeated Hurkacz 7-2, thereby winning tickets to continue.
In the semi -finals, Dimitrov will meet Norrie. Meanwhile, on the other branch, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev are expected to win to encounter each other in the fourth round of the strongest player.
