Cameron Norrie’s run at Indian Wells was ended within the third spherical with a 6-3 7-5 defeat to American tenth seed Tommy Paul.
Norrie gained this prestigious occasion in 2021 and went on to achieve the quarter-finals within the following two years however has now matched his last-32 exit from 12 months in the past after happening in straight units.
The British No 2’s loss was sealed by way of a double fault – his third of the sport – as Paul secured a last-16 encounter towards both fellow American Alex Michelsen or fifth seed Daniil Medvedev.
British No 2 Norrie – who defeated Luca Nardi and twenty third seed Jiri Lehecka to achieve this stage – was damaged thrice within the first set by Paul after which slipped a break down at 4-2 within the second earlier than rallying to 4-4 after which shifting 0-30 up on his opponent’s serve.
Paul fought again from that predicament after which pounced within the twelfth recreation of the second set after Norrie’s glut of serving errors.
Norrie’s defeat means Jack Draper is the only real Brit left standing within the males’s singles after Jacob Fearnley was eradicated in spherical one by Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca, who went on to lose to Draper.
Elsewhere, Tallon Griekspoor backed up his victory over prime seed Alexander Zverev with 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 win over big-serving twenty ninth seed Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard to e-book a last-16 conflict versus Frances Tiafoe or Yosuke Watanuki.
Within the girls’s singles, second seed Iga Swiatek maintained her push for back-to-back Indian Wells titles and a 3rd in 4 years with a 6-0 6-2 thumping of Dayana Yastremska.
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