{"id":10295,"date":"2026-03-11T21:12:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=10295"},"modified":"2026-03-11T21:12:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:12:57","slug":"indian-wells-cameron-norrie-may-face-carlos-alcaraz-in-quarter-finals-after-beating-rinky-hijikata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=10295","title":{"rendered":"Indian Wells: Cameron Norrie may face Carlos Alcaraz in quarter-finals after beating Rinky Hijikata"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie beat Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata in the last 16 at Indian Wells and could meet world number one Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals.<\/b><\/p>\n

Norrie is yet to drop a set at this year’s tournament, backing up his win over sixth seed Alex de Minaur in the previous round with an impressive 6-4 6-2 victory over world number 117 Hijikata in one hour and 16 minutes.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old left-hander broke Hijikata’s serve in the opening game of the match and, after wrapping up the first set, broke twice more in the second to race into the last eight.<\/p>\n

On his own serve, the 27th seed faced only one break point in the match.<\/p>\n

Norrie has a good record at the hard-court event in California.<\/p>\n

This is his eighth appearance in the men’s singles and it is the fourth time that he has made it to at least the quarter-final stage.<\/p>\n

He won the title in 2021, but lost in the last eight in the following two years.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz will hope to secure his quarter-final place against Norwegian 13th seed Casper Ruud later on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Norrie has won three of his eight tour-level matches against the Spaniard, including their most recent meeting at the Paris Masters in October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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