{"id":33911,"date":"2017-03-15T09:50:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T09:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33911"},"modified":"2017-03-15T09:50:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T09:50:58","slug":"roger-federer-rafael-nadal-enter-pre-quarters-in-indian-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33911","title":{"rendered":"Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal enter pre-quarters in Indian Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32642\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-Australian-Open.jpg\" alt=\"Roger Federer Australian Open\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-Australian-Open.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-Australian-Open-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-Australian-Open-150x104.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Indian Wells (California): Two of the best tennis players of the generation, Switzerland&#8217;s Roger Federer and Spain&#8217;s Rafael Nadal won in the third round to set-up a pre-quarter-final clash at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament here.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal defeated countryman Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 7-5 on Tuesday while Federer got the better of the United States&#8217; Steve Johnson 7-6(3), 7-6(4), reports Efe.<\/p>\n<p>It was Nadal&#8217;s 50th victory at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, the venue for three of his 28 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 triumphs.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal, 30, enjoys a 16-3 advantage in matches against Verdasco, who last defeated his compatriot in the 2016 Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>Federer and Nadal have squared off 35 times, most recently in the final of the Australian Open, where the Swiss legend prevailed in an epic five-set match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32642\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-Australian-Open.jpg\" alt=\"Roger Federer Australian Open\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-Australian-Open.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-Australian-Open-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Roger-Federer-Australian-Open-150x104.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Indian Wells (California): Two of the best tennis players of the generation, Switzerland&#8217;s Roger Federer and Spain&#8217;s Rafael Nadal won in the third round to set-up a pre-quarter-final clash at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament here.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal defeated countryman Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 7-5 on Tuesday while Federer got the better of the United States&#8217; Steve Johnson 7-6(3), 7-6(4), reports Efe.<\/p>\n<p>It was Nadal&#8217;s 50th victory at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, the venue for three of his 28 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 triumphs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21728,466,562,234,12894],"class_list":["post-33911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis-tennis","tag-bnp-paribas-open-tennis-tournament","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-rafael-nadal","tag-roger-federer","tag-tennis-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal enter pre-quarters in Indian Wells - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; 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