Angelic Badosa: Highest remaining seed Kerber shown the door by Paula Badosa

Indian Wells, October 15

Cameron Norrie routed 11th-seeded Diego Schwartzman 6-0 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open and extend the best season of his career.

Norrie needed just 73 minutes to dismantle Schwartzman. He will now meet 23rd-seeded Grigor Dimitrov, who beat No. 8 Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-4 7-6 (2), in the semis.

No. 12 seed Ons Jabeur advanced to the semifinals with a 7-5 6-3 win over Anett Kontaveit that will move the 27-year-old Tunisian into the world’s top-10 for the first time next week. She’s projected to be No. 8, but could rise as high as No. 5 by winning the tournament.

Angelique Kerber, the 2019 runner-up and highest remaining seed at No. 10, lost to 21st-seeded Paula Badosa 6-4 7-5.

Badosa beat 15th-seeded Coco Gauff in three sets and No. 3 Barbora Krejcikova in straight sets on her way to playing Jabeur in the semifinals on Friday. The other semi pits Victoria Azarenka against Jelena Ostapenko. — AP

Bopanna-Shapovalov lose in quarters

Veteran Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Denis Shapovalov suffered a defeat in the men’s doubles quarterfinals to bow out of the BNP Paribas Open here. In a tightly contested match that lasted one hour and six minutes, Bopanna and Shapovalov were handed a 6-4 6-4 loss by the Russian pairing of Andrey Rublev and Aslan Karatsev late Thursday night. The unseeded duo had defeated the German pair of Jan-Lennard Struff and Alexander Zverev in straight sets in the previous round. PTI

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