INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Milos Raonic fell one win short of making it a true Canada day on BNP Paribas Open championship Sunday. Thiem will face Roger Federer after Rafael Nadal withdrew from the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday, done in once again by a knee injury. A sombre Nadal announced his withdrawal a couple hours before he was scheduled to take the court at Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Nadal didn’t drop a set in reaching his fifth Australian Open final, where he lost to Novak Djokovic. It would have been the 39th career meeting between Nadal and Federer, who advances to Sunday’s final in pursuit of a record sixth title at Indian Wells.

Source: National Post March 16, 2019 20:48 UTC