The world No12 raced right into a 4-0 lead as he eased by the opening set towards his 21-year-old opponent. Brooksby, the world quantity 43, fought again at first of the second and broke Norrie in a marathon second sport.
Norrie recovered from 3-0 right down to win the subsequent 4 video games, however was damaged once more to degree it up at 4-4. Norrie secured the decisive break of serve within the ninth sport earlier than serving out the match to like.
He’ll play Spanish world No19 Carlos Alcaraz within the quarter-finals. The 18-year-old Alcaraz had earlier secured a 7-5 6-1 victory over Gael Monfils.
In the meantime, Rafael Nadal continued his successful streak, attaining his 18th consecutive win by defeating American Reilly Opelka 7-6 (3) 7-6 (5). The 35-year-old will face Australian Nick Kyrgios on Thursday within the quarter-finals.
Rafael Nadal was handed a troublesome check by American Reilly Opelka in California
/ Getty PicturesIn his post-match interview, Nadal mentioned Opelka was “one of many hardest opponents on tour” however he had performed his finest match of the event to date to win.
Earlier motion noticed Kyrgios, Russia’s Andrew Rublev and Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic move by their fourth-round matches.
Kecmanovic will play Taylor Fritz and Rublev will face Gregor Dimitrov within the final eight.
