British number two Cameron Norrie is outside the Delray Beach Open in Florida after defeating Alex Michelsen in the quarterfinal defeat of Alex Michelsen.
There was only one break like American Michelsen, defeated by Norria to Dallas Open earlier this month, won 7-6 7-5 per hour 39 minutes.
There was no point of turning point in the first set, which the third seed Michelsen won through a tie.
The decisive moment in the second set came to the ninth game when Michelsen World Number 37 averted five winners in a row to save three set points set to 5-5.
Norrie, winner of 2022, was unhappy in the next game, when Michelsen Forehand trimmed a clean cable and fell only to the Norie side of the court for a decisive break.
The American comfortably saw his service game to create the last four match against the Serbian seventh Semen Miomir Kecmanovic.
