Federer, Djokovic move into quarters, Wawrinka out

Four-time champion Roger Federer eased into the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells ATP Masters on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Germany’s Tommy Haas.

Novak Djokovic, the world number 2 also overcame Marin Cilic in three sets, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 to book a quarter final date with Frenchman Julien Benneteau, who edged out Feliciano Lopez, in two sets.

Federer, the former world number one who won titles here in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2012, posted his third successive straight-sets victory to set up a meeting with South African Kevin Anderson.

Anderson defeated Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 6-1 to scupper an all-Swiss quarter-final.

Other qualifiers for the quarter finals are Milos Raonic, who stunned Andy Murray, and Alexandr Dolgopolov, the guy who knocked out Rafael Nadal, world number one.

Still riding high after his triumph over Nadal, Dolgopolov lost just five points on his own serve in the opening set against Fabian Fognini, breaking the Italian in the second and eighth games.

Dolgopolov saved all three break points he faced — all in the seventh game of the second set, and a demoralized Fognini delivered three double faults to be broken in the final game.

In another early match, Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis defeated Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 (7/0), 4-6, 6-2 in a testy encounter.