home favourite mark allen is through to the final of snooker�*s northern ireland open. he beat ricky walden 6—3 in his semi final and will face yan bingtao orjohn higgins next — their semi—final begins shortly. it's one of the biggest days ahead in cameron norrie�*s tennis career. he faces gregor dimitrov tonight in the semi—finals of the indian wells tournament. whatever happens, he's already assured of being the new british number one next week, and could even break into the world's top 20 for the first time. if he wins, norrie will face either unseeded georgian nikoloz basilashvili or american taylor fritz in the final. basilashvili produced a real surprise to beat the greek world number three stefanos tsitsipas in three sets. while home favourite fritz provided a shock of his own, beating the olympic champion alexander zverev. fritz saved two match points before winning in three sets. spain's paula badosa beat the in—form ons jabeur in straight sets to set up a meeting with victoria azarenka in the women's final.