Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic through to the semifinals in Indian Wells. American black horse Mardy Fish face off World No.1!

World No.1 Roger Federer moves on to the Pacific Life Open semifinals with Tommy Haas retired with a sinus infection on Friday afternoon. It is a pity for Tommy Haas to miss an important match for him to secure a semifinals placing because Tommy Haas had worked very hard to come this far in the tournament by defeating Julien Benneteau, No.6 seed Andy Roddick, No.30 seed Fernando Verdasco and No.11 seed Andy Murray.

Mardy Fish did not let the American down by winning No.7 seed David Nalbandian 6-3, 6(5)-7, 7-6(4) to setup a clash with World No.1 Roger Federer in the semifinals. Mardy Fish has never won a single match against Federer in their last five meetings and two of those were lost in Indian Wells.

It looks like World No.1 could easily capture the finalist spot and will either meet World No.2 Rafael Nadal or World No.3 Novak Djokovic. Of course it is just my assumption and the ball is round so anything can happen.

Semifinals will start at about 1pm local time with Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal to start the ball rolling first and followed by World No.1 Roger Federer and Mardy Fish.