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British number one Cameron Norrie reached Indian Wells quarter-finals with a straight-sets win over Russian Andrey Rublev.<\/span><\/p>\n Norrie had issues with his serve early on but found his game, converting all five break points to claim a 6-2, 6-4 victory in California.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n He will face either Frances Tiafoe or Alejandro Tabilo in the last eight.<\/span><\/p>\n Norrie, 27, took the Indian Wells title in 2021 – the first British man to win the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n The last time the pair faced one another was in the last 16 of the 2022 US Open where it was Rublev who won in straight sets.<\/span><\/p>\n On Tuesday, 10th seed Norrie started brightly, breaking his opponent in the first game. But serve issues led to a double fault which gave Rublev a break point to level at 1-1.<\/span><\/p>\n The 25-year-old Russian was shouting and hitting himself with his racket through frustration every time he made an error early on, and Norrie took advantage, breaking straight back to lead 2-1. <\/span><\/p>\n The Brit broke Rublev’s serve for a third time, taking the first set 6-2.<\/span><\/p>\n Norrie’s dominance continued as he broke Rublev in the third game of the second set, to lead 2-1, and then again soon after to make it 5-2.<\/span><\/p>\n World number seven Rublev saved a match point in the next game, fighting back to break Norrie, but the result was inevitable as the world number 12 held his nerve to take the second set 6-4.<\/span><\/p>\n It secured an eighth-straight victory for Norrie, who won the Rio Open two weeks ago, as well as spot in the quarter-finals for the third consecutive time at Indian Wells.<\/span><\/p>\n Elsewhere, Daniil Medvedev overcame German Alexander Zverev in an epic three-set match, with the Russian winning 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals. <\/span><\/p>\n