Anderson packs off Wawrinka, Murray also out
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KEVIN Anderson handed Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka his first defeat of 2014 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, California.
South Africa’s Anderson won 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-1 to end Wawrinka’s 13-match winning streak to open 2014, which included a title run in Chennai, India, before his maiden grand slam triumph in Melbourne.
“I knew it’s going to happen,” Wawrinka said. “I’m not going to keep winning every tournament.”
Two-time grand slam champion Andy Murray of Britain was another fourth-round casualty, falling 6-4, 5-7, 3-6 to Canadian Milos Raonic.
But second-seeded Novak Djokovic turned back the challenge of in-form Croatian Marin Cilic, rallying for a 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory.
“It was very tough,” Djokovic said. “Marin was by far the better player the first 45 minutes.
“I just tried to stay calm and composed and believe that I could come back,” added Djokovic, who posted his eighth victory over Cilic in as many meetings. The Serb next faces Frenchman Julien Benneteau, who beat Spain’s Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Wawrinka’s exit ended the possibility of an all-Swiss quarterfinal between him and Roger Federer. Instead Anderson will face Federer, a four-time champion in the California desert who edged German veteran Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-4.
Raonic set up a quarterfinal with Alexandr Dolgopolov. The 28th-seeded Ukrainian showed no sign of a let-down after his third-round ouster of world No. 1 Rafael Nadal, beating Italian Fabio Fognini 6-2, 6-4.
Raonic and Anderson, both known for their big serves, said the desert hardcourts are ideally suited to their games, a belief echoed by American John Isner.
“For guys that are big, it’s a perfect surface for us,” said Isner, who beat Spain’s Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3 and will face Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis in the quarters.
On the women’s side, sixth-seeded Simona Halep defeated Australian Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 6-2 to reach the semifinals. Halep will play second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat No. 7 seed Jelena Jankovic, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.
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