Federer and Nadal to meet, Murray and Djokovic through

Defending champion Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal set up a mouth-watering showdown in the Indian Wells quarter-finals while Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic also progressed.

Defending champion Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal set up a mouth-watering showdown in the Indian Wells quarter-finals while Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic also progressed.

Four-times Indian Wells champion Federer last played Nadal a year ago, also at Indian Wells, when the Swiss won their semi-final 6-3 6-4, though the Spaniard leads overall in their meetings 18-10.

Australian Open champion and top seed Djokovic, who began his "evening" match in the early hours of Thursday morning local time, advanced with a 6-0 7-6 victory over big-serving American Sam Querrey.

Third seed Murray needed almost two hours to beat Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 7-6 6-4 and will next face seventh-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina, who overpowered German Tommy Haas 6-1 6-2.

Federer appeared to be in cruise control serving for the match at 5-4 in the second but was broken to love before his opponent went on to clinch the set in a tiebreak 7-4.

The players traded early breaks of serve in the third before Federer sealed the win by again breaking Wawrinka in the 12th game when his compatriot and good friend netted a forehand.


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