Norrie wins 2021 BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, first British champion in tournament history

Cameron Norrie is the 2021 BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells champion after seeing off Nikoloz Basilashvili in a superb fightback for the Brit.

Norrie was 3-6, 1-2 (a set and a break down) against Basilashvili but found a way to come straight back into proceedings and take the game to the Georgian ace.

He immediately regained his serve to make it 2-2 before emphatically breaking serve again one more time in the second set to level up at 1-1.

This seemed to be the turning point in the tie for the Brit who swept the third set with ease 6-1 to claim the title with Norrie only needing one match point for his first ATP Masters 1000 title.

All summer Norrie has toiled away in tournaments all over America instead of playing events such as the Olympics and he has another reward to show for it.

He is also the first British player ever to win the tournament, a feat never accomplished by the likes of Andy Murray before.

Also he becomes only the fourth player ranked out the top 25 to win Indian Wells joining elite company in Jim Courier, Alex Corretja and Ivan Ljubicic.