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Andy Murray projected to meet Kei Nishikori at Indian Wells quarter-finals

Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal could meet in the semi-finals

Wednesday 11 March 2015 12:52, UK

Andy Murray of Great Britain serves to Milos Roanic of Canada during the at Indian Wells

With the 'Big Four' named as the top four seeds for Indian Wells for the first time since 2012, the men's singles draw promises some epic encounters.

British No 1 and fourth seed Andy Murray has been drawn in the top half along with world No 1 Novak Djokovic, who he could potentially meet in the semi-finals.

Murray, who receives a bye in the first round, will have to get past either Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin or Canada's Vasek Pospisil in the second round.

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As Indian Wells approaches, we look back to this classic battle between Andy Murray and Roger Federer from the Californian tournament in 2009.

If the Scottish star progresses he could face 26th seed Phillipp Kohlschreiber in the third round, before a tough game against either Fabio Fognini or Ernest Gulbis - both in the world's top 20 - in the fourth. 

If all goes to plan for the 27-year-old he would be on track to play world No 5 Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals.

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Djokovic's path to the semi-finals hosts a number of challenges, with the Serb likely to meet one of the big servers - Kevin Anderson or John Isner in the fourth round.

The Australian Open champion is set for a mouth-watering quarter-final clash with David Ferrer. The Spanish player is in brilliant form in 2015 having already won three ATP titles.

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Bottom half

In the bottom half of the draw Rafael Nadal will have a trio of French stars to contend with Gilles Simon, Richard Gasquet and Jeremy Chardy all potential opponents up to the quarter-finals. 

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Indian Wells is coming soon, so we've taken a look at how Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in last year's final.

World No 6 Milos Raonic and the tricky Grigor Dimitrov will be the main challengers to Rafa arriving at a semi-final bout with Roger Federer.

Dimitrov's journey in the competition looks tough, with young promising Australian Nick Kyrgios likely in the second round, and a potential fourth round clash with Raonic.

Federer is on course to meet Italy's Andreas Seppi in second round before, excluding any shocks, a third round tie with either Spain's Roberto Baustista Agut or Argentina's Leonardo Mayer.

Tomas Berdych, Ivo Karlovic and Stan Wawrinka will do battle to play Roger in the quarter-finals.

Watch live action from Indian Wells on Sky Sports from Thursday March 12. For more information on channels and times head to www.skysports.com/watch/tennis-on-sky

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