Frances Tiafoe dispatches Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Indian Wells on Wednesday. Tiafoe will engage against Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 3rd round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tiafoe added to his prize money $ 168,170 after winning this match. He has already won $ 352,635 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Frances will add $ 309,725 to his earnings to get in total $ 662,360.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Cameron Norrie BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Tiafoe’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:39
At the end of the match, Tiafoe scored 64 points vs. the Brit’s 53.
Tiafoe
Frances served pretty well to win 77% of the points (24/31) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (15/27) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Norrie
On the other side, Cameron was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Norrie is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Tiafoe will face Medvedev in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Frances Tiafoe and Daniil Medvedev face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Medvedev won 6-4 6-1 6-0 in the 4th round in New York back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Frances clinched in the 7th game (4-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Tiafoe converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40). On the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 59 points. The American won 7 points more than Norrie (33-26). The American conceded 7 points on serve (22-7). On the other side, Cameron conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
The American won the set after he broke the Brit in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Norrie tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Anyhow, Frances didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-4.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
There was an important spell in this set when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
The American converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Brit converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 58 points. Tiafoe won 4 more points than the Brit (31-27). The American lost 12 points on serve (17-12). On the other side, the Brit conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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