BBC Online :
Britain’s Cameron Norrie reached his first Masters 1,000 final at Indian Wells as he breezed past Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets.
The world number 26 dominated the semi-final to win 6-2, 6-4 in California. Norrie’s run means he will replace Dan Evans as British number one and on Sunday he will challenge for the biggest title of his career.
The 26-year-old will face world number 36 Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final, after he beat American Taylor Fritz.
The Georgian won 7-6, (7-5) 6-3 to progress to his first final at this level.
“I’m becoming more and more comfortable in Indian Wells and it is the biggest win of my career for sure,” Norrie told Amazon Prime.
“He made it difficult in the second set. I managed to serve well in those games and get through them. I think I had a very good gameplan today.”
Success in the prestigious Indian Wells tournament comes three months after Norrie claimed his first ATP singles title at Mexico’s Los Cabos Open.
This is the sixth final Norrie has reached on tour this year and the match against world number 28 Dimitrov was the 46th he has won in an impressive season.
