World No 2 Aryna Sabalenka cruised into her third final of the season with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over last year's runner-up, No.7 seed Maria Sakkari, in the Indian Wells Masters semifinals, here.
Novak Djokovic, too, confirmed that Sharapova's recollection that both had gone to dinner during their initial days of the career was true.
Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal questioned the decision of postponing the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells at the eleventh hour.
The Nadal-Federer match will be the 39th between the two all-time greats and their ninth consecutive contest on hard courts.
"We've had a lot of great matches," Williams said of playing Suarez Navarro.
Federer will face the 21-year-old Chung for the second time this year.
The 26-year-old Halep improved to 18-1 on the season and is looking to win her second WTA Tour title of 2018.
"And to give birth, it's the best thing in the world. It's more than a sport."
World No. 8 Del Potro extended his win streak over the Spaniard to five straight matches.
The 25-year-old Indian saved 11 of the 15 breakpoints in the gruelling match.
