Defending champ Roger Federer posted his tour leading 25th victory of 2005 on Saturday to set up a showdown with Lleyton Hewitt in the final of the Indian Wells Masters Series event. Four-time Grand Slam winner Federer fired seven aces en route to a 6-3, 6-1 win over Guillermo Canas in the first of two semi-finals on Saturday.
The 23-year-old Swiss, who is ranked number one in the world, is off to a personal best 25-1 start this season and has not dropped a set so far in Indian Wells.
Federer will meet Australian second seed Hewitt in Sunday's best of five-set final. Hewitt outlasted American Andy Roddick 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/4) in a two hour, 33 minute three setter.
Federer's victory was a reversal of his only previous meeting with Canas, in which the Argentine prevailed 7-6 (12/10), 7-5 three years ago in Toronto.
If Federer wins Sunday it would be the 26th title in a career that also includes four Grand Slam crowns.