Indian Wells Quarterfinal Predictions: Ranking the Final Eight

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Indian Wells Quarterfinals: Ranking the Final Eight

Mar 17, 2015; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Tomas Berdych (CZE) during his match against Steve Johnson (USA) in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

4. Tomas Berdych

How he got here:

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R2: Sergiy Stakhovsky

R3: Steve Johnson

R4: (27) Lukas Rosol

Possible path to title:

QF: (2) Federer

SF: (3) Nadal

F: (1) Djokovic / (4) Murray

Chance at Championship:

Berdych may have had the easiest road to the quarterfinals of any player on this list. The loss by Stan Wawrinka allowed him to face his countryman in Rosol in the round of 16. It was a tight match, but Berdych came through. His big serve and powerful groundstrokes, coupled with a newfound concentration on the task at hand, make him a dangerous foe.

Over the years Berdych has been a player that gives Federer trouble. The big Czech has a career 6-12 record against Roger. That may not seem outstanding, but not many players can boast six wins over the Swiss champion. Some of them has been on tennis’s biggest stage in Grand Slams. Berdych has a good chance to pull the upset.

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