Nicolas Almagro into Indian Wells quarters

Nicolas Almagro has progressed through to the quarter-finals at Indian Wells with a straight-sets victory over Tomas Berdych.

Both players were evenly-matched throughout most of the first set until Almagro broke the hard-hitting Czech in the seventh game.

The Spaniard was rarely troubled after that as he closed out the set 6-4.

The second proved far more straightforward for Almagro as he comfortably won 6-0.