Nikoloz Basilashvili has registered the biggest win of his career to outlast No.2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and move into the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

Basilashvili won 6-4 2-6 6-4 and will now meet the winner of No.3 seed Alexander Zverev or American Taylor Fritz.

Ranked 36th in the world, Basilashvili’s previous biggest win came over then-No.4 Juan Martin del Potro in the final at Beijing in 2018.

The 29-year-old from Georgia beat Tsitsipas for the first time in three tries. Ranked third, Tsitsipas has a leading 54 wins on the ATP Tour this year.

Basilashvili held at love to win the first set before Tsitsipas cruised through the second set.

In the third, Tsitsipas fell behind the baseline chasing a shot in the third game and came up limping.

But the Greek shook it off and went on to break Basilashvili and then held for a 3-2 lead.

Basilashvili won three straight games for a 5-3 lead. Tsitsipas served three aces to trail 5-4 but Basilashvili pulled out an ace of his own to set up match point and produced another big serve that Tsitsipas couldn’t return to close out the match in just over two hours.