Roger Federer defeated Tomas Berdych 6-4 , 6-0 and Milos Raonic outlasted Rafael Nadal 4-6 , 7-6 ( 10 ) , 7-5 in a nearly three-hour marathon to set up a semi-final showdown at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday . Federer improved to 15-1 this year , with his only loss coming against Andreas Seppi in the third round of the Australian Open . Federer avenged that defeat in the same round at Indian Wells . He earned his first straight-set win over Berdych since 2011 in Paris and just his second 6-0 set ever in 19 career matches against the Czech . ' I 'm not the kind of guy who takes great joy out of bageling opponents , to be honest , ' said Federer , seeking a record fifth title in the desert . Roger Federer beat Tomas Berdych in straight sets at the Indian Wells Masters in California on Friday . Federer has only lost once this year - at the Australian Open - and took just 68 minutes to beat Berdych . He needed just 68 minutes to advance to the semis against the sixth-seeded Raonic . 'It was one of his very tough performances , ' Berdych said . 'He was doing pretty much everything perfect . ' Top-ranked Serena Williams plays No 3 seed Simona Halep and No 18 Jelena Jankovic faces 24th-seeded Sabine Lisicki in the semi-finals . Williams is trying to reach the final for the first time since 2001 , when she won as a 19-year-old and was heavily booed , leading to her 14-year boycott of the tournament . Top-ranked Novak Djokovic takes on fourth-seeded Andy Murray in the other men 's semifinal on Saturday . It was the first time Berdych has lost to Federer in straight sets since 2011 . Raonic beat three-time Indian Wells champion Nadal for the first time in six career meetings , firing 18 aces and hitting 48 winners to 25 winners for Nadal , who had 22 unforced errors . They dueled in the second-set tiebreaker , when Nadal held three match points but he committed errors on two of them and Raonic smashed a winner on the other . Raonic had plenty of chances in the tiebreaker , too , finally converting on his fifth set point when Nadal netted a shot . Neither gave an inch in the third , staying on serve until the 11th game . That 's when Raonic earned the only break of the set , hitting a shot on the baseline that Nadal chased down but sent a backhand long . Raonic dropped just one point on his serve in the final game , winning on another backhand error by Nadal , who lost to a Canadian player for the first time in nine career matches . Milos Raonic will face Federer in the semi-final after beating Rafael Nadal in three sets . Had Nadal won the top four seeds would have made the semis along with Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic . Nadal 's defeat prevented Djokovic , Federer , the Spaniard and Murray - the world 's top four-ranked players - from reaching the semifinals at the same tournament since the 2012 Australian Open . Federer had 21 winners , equaling the number of unforced errors by Berdych . Federer won 13 of 14 points at the net , never faced a break point on his serve , and broke Berdych four times in the match , including three times in the second set . ' I was really able to utilize the court much more , play more angles , play with variation , spin and slice . I did that very well , ' Federer said . 'Because I was serving well and moving well , so maybe there is not going to be that many chances for him on the return . ' Federer served two love games in the first set , when he lost just five points on his serve . 'When you feel that he 's in control right from the beginning , then of course you have to come up with your best game from the beginning of the match , ' Berdych said . 'There is a very thin line in between that and overdoing it . Today I stepped a little bit over it . '
Roger Federer beat Tomas Berdych 6-4 , 6-0 at Indian Wells Masters . Milos Raonic beat Rafael Nadal 4-6 , 7-6 ( 10 ) , 7-5 to set up semi-final . Comment: