Indian Wells Masters: Paul eases past Norrie to book spot in last 16

American Tommy Paul, the No 10 seed, won against Cameron Norrie 6-3, 7-5 to move into the last 16 of the Indian Wells Masters at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Paul, ranked No 11, will face the winner of the match between American Alex Michelsen, the No 31 seed, and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters, the American beat wildcard Tristan Boyer (6-3, 6-1).

Norrie, ranked No 77, defeated Italian Luca Nardi (6-0, 6-3) and edged out No 23 seed Jiri Lehecka (3-6, 6-4, 7-5) earlier in the tournament.

Indian Wells Masters 1000, other third-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 13.042.410, most recent results first):

• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Arthur Fils vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Gael Monfils
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Alex De Minaur
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Taylor Fritz
• Jack Draper vs. Jenson Brooksby
• Karen Khachanov vs. Ben Shelton
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Alex Michelsen vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Holger Rune vs. Ugo Humbert
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Marcos Giron vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (29): 7-6 (3), 6-3