Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer reach last eight at Indian Wells
Thursday 19 March 2015 08:59, UK
Defending champion Novak Djokovic and second seed Roger Federer both cruised through to the quarter-finals at Indian Wells on Wednesday.
Serbian world No 1 Djokovic completed the line-up for the last eight at the BNP Paribas Open by beating John Isner in a twilight encounter.
The Australian Open champion booked a showdown with Bernard Tomic as he subdued big-serving American Isner to prevail 6-4 7-6 (7-5).
Tomic endured a harder road to the next round in California courtesy of 18-year-old Thanasi Kokkinakis.
The Australian teenager, who had previously eliminated Juan Monaco and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, forced a deciding set but Tomic raised his game to complete a 6-4 4-6 6-4 victory.
Also into the quarter-finals is experienced Czech Tomas Berdych, who came through a three-set all-Czech battle against Lukas Rosol 6-2 4-6 6-4, and Milos Raonic, who beat Spain's Tommy Robredo 6-3 6-2.
Second seed Roger Federer - last year's beaten finalist - made it safely through to the last eight and a meeting with Berdych after dispatching American Jack Sock 6-3 6-2 - it was the Swiss great's 50th match win at the tournament.
Awaiting the Canadian is third seed Rafael Nadal after the world No 3 eased past Gilles Simon with a 6-2 6-4 victory.
Andy Murray equalled Tim Henman's British career-wins record of 496 after he beat France's Adrian Mannarino in straight sets, 6-3 6-3.
The world No 4 is into the last eight for the fifth time and will now face Spain's Feliciano Lopez, who pulled off a shock 6-4 7-6 (7-2) win against Japan's Kei Nishikori.
You can watch live coverage of Andy Murray's match against Feliciano Lopez at Indian Wells from 8pm on Sky Sports 5 on Thursday and the rest of the action from 2am on Sky Sports 3.
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