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Indian Wells (California)<\/strong>: Defending champion Novak Djokovic<\/a> of Serbia moved into the semis of the BNP Paribas Open<\/a> after he defeated World Number 12 Nicolas Almagro<\/a> of Spain 6-3, 6-4 here on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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World number one Serb broke the Spaniard twice in the opening set and then in the ninth game of the second and then served for the match. He ran away with the victory with his first match point.<\/p>\n

Djokovic would now face big serving John Isner <\/a>of America who defeated Gilles Simon<\/a> of France 6-3, 1-6, 7-5. This is the second time that World number 11 Isner is making a semi final appearance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000.<\/p>\n

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Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals<\/strong>
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) d [12] N Almagro (ESP) 6-3 6-4
[11] J Isner (USA) d [13] G Simon (FRA) 6-3 1-6 7-5<\/p>\n


Men’s Doubles – Semifinals<\/strong>
M Lopez (ESP) \/ R Nadal (ESP) d [6] M Fyrstenberg (POL) \/ M Matkowski (POL) 62 60<\/p>\n

By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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