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 | Federer and Nadal are in quarterfinal clash14-03-2013 |
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal won two very difficult games to get the glamorous clash of the 1/4-final of the tournament in Indian Wells.
The current champion Federer eliminate his countryman Stanislas Wawrinka with 6:3, 6:7, 7:5 after two hours and 20 minutes of play against his best friend.
Nadal, who plays in the 4 th tournament since the returning from injury, won with 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 the Latvian Ernests Gulbis who is in perfect shape.
Federer could be much easier, but in serve for the match in 5-4 in their favor in the second set made a breakthrough. Nadal did play his first tournament of that hardwood flooring in Miami last March. The Spaniard had a problem with his left knee.
Forthcoming the battle of the world number one Novak Djokovic with the American Sam Querrey, who is the last person who has beat the Serbian. It happened on October 31.
In the previous round, Djokovic eliminate from the Indian Wells the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.