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Tennis-Britain’s Norrie tops Basilashvili to win Indian Wells title
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Posted on October 18, 2021
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Published by maria gbaf
Posted on October 18, 2021
1 min readLast updated: January 29, 2026
Cameron Norrie defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili 3-6 6-4 6-1 to win the Indian Wells title, becoming the first British man to achieve this feat.
(Reuters) – Cameron Norrie battled back to defeat Nikoloz Basilashvili 3-6 6-4 6-1 in the Indian Wells final on Sunday and become the first British man to win the Masters 1000 tournament.
It appeared an upset was in the works when the hard-hitting Basilashvili took the first set but Norrie regrouped in the second, breaking the Georgian at love to force a decider.
In the third set, the left-handed Norrie broke early and saved three break points on his serve to take a 3-0 lead as unforced errors began to pile up for Basilashvili under the lights in the Southern California desert.
Norrie sealed the win when Basilashvili sent a forehand long on championship point to collect the biggest win of his career.
Britain’s Andy Murray, Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski have all previously played in the men’s finals at Indian Wells but finished runner-up.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
The article discusses Cameron Norrie's victory at the Indian Wells, making him the first British man to win the Masters 1000 tournament.
Cameron Norrie defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final.
The final score was 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in favor of Cameron Norrie.
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