In a key match in the women's singles 1/8 finals of the WTA1000 Indian Wells Station that ended on March 12, Beijing time, Chinese player Zheng Qinwen swept Ukrainian player Kostyuk in straight sets and reached the top 8 of the station for the first time in his career.

As the No. 8 seed in this tournament, after a bye in the first round, Zheng Qinwen swept Azarenka and Sun Lulu in straight sets and entered the round of 16. In the 1/8 finals, her opponent was Kostyuk, the top 4 and the 18th seed in last year's tournament. The two won 1 game each in 2 previous meetings, but in last year's Stuttgart 500 tournament, Zheng Qinwen squandered 5 match points and was reversed, losing 1-2 to the opponent, and this game has a "revenge" flavor.

In the first set, the two sides failed to hold their serve for 5 consecutive games from the 4th game, and finally Zheng Qinwen won 6-3 with one more break in the 8th game and was chased to a tie with 40-0 in the service game. In the second set, Zheng Qinwen gradually gained the upper hand. He broke serve first in the opening game and took a 2-0 lead. In the 6th game, Zheng Qinwen saved the break point and successfully held serve to bring the score to 4-2, and Kostyuk, who missed the opportunity to equalize, lost control of his emotions and fell the racket angrily.

In the 7th game, Zheng Qinwen broke again to extend the advantage to 5-2, and in the 8th game, Zheng Qinwen won the service game to win the second set 6-2, and eliminated Kostyuk with a total score of 2-0 to advance to the top 8. In this competition, Zheng Qinwen has successfully "revenged" for 3 consecutive rounds.

After winning this battle, Zheng Qinwen scored 215 points and 190,000 US dollars. Instantly ranked back to eighth. This is also the seventh time in Zheng Qinwen's career, entering the quarterfinals of the 1000 competition. After reaching the quarterfinals, Zheng Qinwen will face former world No. 1 and Poland's Swiatek for the first time since the women's singles semifinals at the Paris Olympics.