Carlos Alcaraz set up his second career meeting with Rafael Nadal with a clinical 6-4, 6-3 win over Cameron Norrie in the Indian Wells quarter-finals on Thursday night.
The 18th-seeded Spaniard hit 31 winners to just 14 unforced errors to knock off the in-form Briton, who was a plus-eight in the winners to errors count himself. A cleanly played and tightly contested matchup saw 10 breaks of serve and five in each set, with Alcaraz falling behind early in both.
After twice trailing by a break in the opener, the 18-year-old won the last three games and pocketed the set by taking his third break point in a five-deuce game — the longest of the night.
Alcaraz again erased Norrie's strong start in set two as he broke in each of his last three return games before serving out the match to love. On the whole, Alcaraz broke six times in nine return games.
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