On March 9, Beijing time, the third round of women's singles competition was launched at the WTA1000 Indian Wells Station, and Chinese player Wang Xinyu only won three games, losing 1-6/2-6 to the No. 4 seed Pegula of the tournament, suffering the first defeat in three encounters with the Americans, and stopping in the top 32 of women's singles.

Wang Xinyu

Wang Xinyu won both of her previous meetings with Pegula (Wimbledon 2024, Wuhan) and made twice as many unforced errors as her opponent in this match (24-12), and she said in her post-match interview: "If you play normally and safely, there will definitely be no pressure on her at all, so I also want to play more actively." The first two encounters were relatively fast, and I was able to play with a certain advantage from the bottom line, but here my ball speed was slowed down and I couldn't put pressure on her. I should have served at least as well as the previous two encounters when I couldn't get the upper hand, but I served very average today and my return wasn't sharp enough. ”

Pegula's next opponent will be 23rd seed Svitolina, who defeated homegrown star and 14th seed Collins 6-2, 6-4. No.2 seed Swiatek sent Ukraine Yastremska 6-0, 6-2 to face No.15 seed Mukhova in the fourth round. Seventh seed Rybakina defeated Great Britain's Usain Bolt 6-0, 7-5 to face ninth seed Andreeva in the fourth round.

"The Strait" Zhang Shuai/Xie Shuwei defeated Jones/Kessler 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the Women's Singles quarterfinals, while China's and former champions Yang Zhaoxuan/Xu Yifan lost 3-6, 6-4, 6-10 to Kenin/Keatnock.

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)