Novak Djokovic and John Isner are one round away from a rematch of the both the 2012 Indian Wells semifinals and the 2013 Cincinnati semis. However, they first have to get through respective matches against Julien Benneteau and Ernests Gulbis on Friday.

(10) John Isner vs. (20) Ernests Gulbis

“You never really know what you’re going to get with him out there. He’s a shot-maker. He hits the ball extremely hard.  He can sort of go crazy out there, too. But it’s kind of like, I don’t know…. Equate it to like a John McEnroe crazy. He does it but he stays with it. He did that out there today. I hope that he cracks some racquets against me tomorrow. That means I will be doing a couple things right.”

That’s what Isner said about Gulbis, the American’s quarterfinal opponent at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday afternoon. Gulbis has…