Indian Wells Masters Tennis Tournament

The victory extended the Brit's run to six straight ATP Tour events with at least one win, his semifinal showing at Sydney in January still his best result of the season. "I'm old now so these 11 a.m. starts, it takes me a bit of time to get going," the 34-year-old said after the match on Friday night. "But Taro played extremely well. He's started the year very well," Murray, the two-time Wimbledon champion, said to atptour.com.

Shon T John's blistering performance helped Ahmedabad Defenders book a place in the final of the Prime Volleyball League after they beat Hyderabad Black Hawks 15-13, 15-12, 9-15, 15-12 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, here on Thursday. The Defenders will play the winner of the match between Kolkata Thunderbolts and Calicut Heroes in the final on Sunday.

The Ahmedabad Defenders, who finished first in the league stage, will be up against Hyderabad Black Hawks (fourth place) in the first semifinal on Thursday, meanwhile, the Kolkata Thunderbolts (second place) will take on the Calicut Heroes (third place) in the second semifinal on Friday.

The Ahmedabad Defenders, Calicut Heroes, Hyderabad Black Hawks and Kolkata Thunderbolts will fight it out in the knockout stage of Prime Volleyball. Ahmedabad Defenders' Shon T John was adjudged the Player of the Match. Ahmedabad Defenders' captain Muthusamy pulled off a fantastic spike as Defenders took the lead at 6-4 in first set. But, the Blue Spikers fought hard through Cody Caldwell and levelled the scores

Pankaj Sharma and Noah Taitano got the Bengaluru Torpedoes off to a strong start as the side took the lead at 8-5 in the first set. Sarang Santhilal pulled off a brilliant smash as the Torpedoes extended their lead further. However, Angamuthu stood tall as the Defenders leveled the scores at 12-12. Thereafter, Pankaj effected two superb spikes to help the Torpedoes close out the first set at 15-14.

Fernando Gonzalez stood tall for the Chennai Blitz as the team took the lead at 7-5 in the first set. Thereafter, spikes from Jerome Vinith and Ajithlal C helped the Calicut Heroes level the scores at 9-9. David Lee produced a fantastic spike to help the Heroes win a Super Point and take the lead at 13-12. However, the Blitz fought hard and closed out the first set at 15-14 through a fantastic serve by Bruno Da Silva.

World No. 1 and five-time Indian Wells champion Novak Djokovic along with the 2022 Australian Open champions Spain's Rafael Nadal and Australian Ashleigh Barty are included in the BNP Paribas Open tournament entry list. However, the organisers emphasised that the vaccinations will be required for the event, but made it clear that players' rules and protocols will be decided by the ATP in accordance with US Government restrictions.

Norrie, the first British man to win the title at Indian wells, had not won any match in his 2 previous main draw appearance before this year. Now he is leaving Indian Wells on a career high ATP ranking of 16. Norrie, after the win, said that he was uncomfortable and it was tough for him to get confident at the start because it was windy and Basilashvili had gone through with so many winners.

The 23-year-old American continued his dream run, rallying from 2-5 down in the decider and saved two match points at 3-5, 30/40 and 4-5, 30/40 to upset Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) after two hours and 22 minutes. Fritz thus earned the second Top-5 win of his career to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 semi-final."I was really down and out but I found a way to put myself into it," Fritz said in his on-court interview.

After dropping the first set in his quarter-final clash with Hurkacz, Dimitrov saved two break points at 3-3, 15/40 in the second set, before he levelled via a net cord on set point, raising his arms in the air following an epic point between the pair. The World No. 28 then squandered a 5-2 lead in the decider, but regained his focus, eventually advancing after two hours and 40 minutes. The 23rd seed now leads Hurkacz 1-0 in their ATP Head2Head series, according to a report on ATP's official website.