Well as expected, world no.5 left handed Rafael Nadal meets defending champion world no.2 Swiss Roger Federer in the quarter final of Indian Wells Master tennis tournament on night 14-15 March tonight.
It will be their first meeting for 12 months, since Federer beat Nadal in straight sets in the semi-finals in Indian Wells.
Nadal who is making his presence felt after recovering from his knee injury, beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory in the fourth round at the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday night. Losing first set was a bad, but finally the Spaniard regained control and won the next two sets.
As for Federer, he advanced to the quarters beating his fellow countryman Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-5 in two hours and 20 minutes. Like Nadal, Federer too survived a close call by Wawrinka, which he duly acknowledged after the match.
"Today it was extremely close again. Okay, I should [have] maybe closed it out in the second set, but he did well to stay in it," Federer said. "At the end, I don't know what got me through. Maybe it's the experience or maybe I was a bit more calm in those moments. I'm not sure. Today I think I was a little lucky to come through it in the end."
So let us watch the blockbuster quarterfinal between old rivals and world nos. 2 and 5 live tonight and see whether Nadal can show his come back fitness or the 31 years old defending champion overtakes him and continues his move forward to defend his title.
The match is scheduled for Friday March 15 at 02:00 GMT
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