Indian Wells Quarterfinal Predictions: Ranking the Final Eight

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Mar 17, 2015; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Roger Federer (SUI) during his match against Andreas Seppi (ITA) in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Pennetta won 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

Indian Wells Quarterfinals: Ranking the Final Eight

What a week it has been in the California desert. Some of the favorites that were thought to be contenders have fallen to the wayside. Stan Wawrinka is nowhere to be found. Kei Nishikori was ousted by Feliciano Lopez. Bernard Tomic took care of David Ferrer. The Big Four are all still active and likely the favorites entering their quarterfinal matches. But that is why the games are played.

Will the top four players move on? Berdych and Raonic have been trying to crack the tennis elite for years. Will they do it this year at Indian Wells? Feliciano Lopez played amazing tennis to knock out Nishikori. Bernard Tomic is a youngster win a few big wins this week and one of the most daunting tasks in tennis: beating Novak Djokovic on a hard court.

Here we will go through each of the Indian Wells Quarterfinalists. We will note how they reached the this point in the tournament, their possible path to the championship, and rank their chances of taking home the crown. This is not a prediction of who will win, but a look at who may have the best chance to start win the first Masters 1000 event of 2015. Read on for the rankings…

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