Frances Tiafoe defeated 10th-seeded Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open. (More Tennis News)
The 14th-seeded American ended the 2021 champion바카라s eight-match winning streak to earn his first semis berth in a Masters 1000 tournament.
바카라Super happy about today,바카라 Tiafoe said on court. 바카라I바카라ve been playing really well all week. Let바카라s keep it going.바카라
Tiafoe hit 22 winners and had just nine unforced errors. He punctuated the victory, which was briefly interrupted by rain, by serving a love game.
바카라I played really quick, really close to the baseline and I was pressuring him a lot,바카라 Tiafoe said. 바카라I didn바카라t allow him to extend points and I was being super active with my feet, being really aggressive.바카라
Tiafoe hasn바카라t dropped a set in four matches during the tournament. Next, he바카라ll play No. 5 Daniil Medvedev, who beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 7-5.
Medvedev won his 18th consecutive match and improved to 23-2 this year. He hurt his right ankle in a three-set win over Alexander Zverev a day earlier.
바카라When I warmed up it was hurting pretty bad,바카라 Medvedev said. 바카라But I knew I was going to play.바카라
But his woes weren바카라t over. He fell on the court and opened a cut on his thumb in the sixth game of the second set. The cut was bandaged during a medical timeout.
Medvedev broke Davidovich Fokina at love to go up 6-5 before serving out the victory. Medvedev won 12 of the last 14 points.
On the women바카라s side, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka won the final seven games of the match in defeating sixth-seeded Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.
No. 7 Maria Sakkari outlasted 15th-seeded Petra Kvitova 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.
Sabalenka improved to 16-1 this year, including her run to the Australian Open title. She said it took four days to come down from the high of winning her first major.
바카라Like straight after the title, we went back to the hotel and all my team was drunk,바카라 she said, laughing. 바카라I don바카라t know how many liters they drink that day. There was the most funny and memorable moment. Everyone was so stressed during that weeks, I think it was normal to have a little drink. I didn바카라t drink.바카라
Gauff earned just nine return points and had no break points against Sabalenka.
바카라She didn바카라t give me any free points and I think I was also giving away free points and not hitting the ball as deep as I need to,바카라 Gauff said. 바카라Especially when you바카라re playing her, you바카라ve got to get the ball deep.바카라
