Daniela Hantuchova and Maria Sharapova, the last two women’s champions of tennis’ Pacific Life Open, will meet in a quarterfinal match tonight at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Sharapova has won six of her seven matches against Hantuchova, with her only loss coming in their first meeting in 2004 in Tokyo. Sharapova is seeded fourth. Hantuchova is seeded fifth.

Sharapova nearly didn’t make it to the quarterfinals, as she was taken to a third set by Alona Bondarenko Tuesday, but won the fourth-round match’s final three games for a 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 victory.

Hantuchova won the first five games of her fourth-round match against Sania Mirza in a 6-1, 7-6 (4) victory.

The Hantuchova-Sharapova match is set to begin at 7 p.m. on Stadium Court 1.

Roger Federer, the world’s top-ranked player for more than four years, is also set to be in action tonight, facing Ivan Ljubicic, who is seeded 23rd, in a men’s fourth-round match. The match will begin no earlier than 8:30 p.m. on Stadium Court 1.

Federer needed only 53 minutes to defeat Nicolas Mahut, 6-1, 6-1, in a third-round match Tuesday.

The tournament continues through Sunday.

—From news services

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