Nick Kyrgios ended Novak Djokovic's 19-match winning run at Indian Wells by beating the Serb 6-4, 7-6(3) to reach the BNP Paribas Open quarterfinals Wednesday, while Roger Federer also advanced with a straight sets win over Rafa Nadal. Australian Kyrgios had beaten Djokovic in the quarterfinals in Acapulco almost two weeks ago in their first career meeting, and repeated the feat Wednesday to reach the last eight, where he will face Federer. Kyrgios, already the youngest player to record victories over Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka, now gets another crack at Federer. The Swiss defeated Nadal 6-2, 6-3 in the 36th meeting between the pair. It marked the first time Federer had recorded three consecutive wins over the Spaniard. "It's a nice feeling to win the last three, I can tell you that," Federer told reporters. "After the Australian hype, to play here in America right away, all of them are very special. Obviously can't celebrate too long this time around. I have to get back to work in a couple of days." In other matches, third seed Stan Wawrinka overcame Yoshihito Nishioka 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), Austria's Dominic Thiem defeated Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-2, and Japan's Kei Nishikori beat Donald Young 6-2 6-4. Jack Sock defeated Malek Jaziri in three sets while Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas upset 11th-seed David Goffin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. In the women's section, third-seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova turned back a late charge by French Open champion Garbine Muguruza to reach the semifinals with a 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/5) victory. Pliskova has now notched her sixth win in seven meetings with Muguruza. In the semis Pliskova will face eighth-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, who defeated compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 6-4. The remaining women's semifinalists will be decided Thursday, when seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams takes on Russian Elena Vesnina and 2011 Indian Wells champion Caroline Wozniacki faces France's Kristina Mladenovic. — Agencies
