On March 9, local time, the third round of singles competition was launched at the WTA1000 Indian Wells Station. Zheng Qinwen, who made her debut on Court 2, went one step further against New Zealand's Chinese left-hander Sun Lulu, who had previously lost in the first round of Wimbledon last year, and although China's Jinhua had her ups and downs, she still withstood the pressure to win 6-4/7-5 to advance to the Women's Singles round of 16, winning two consecutive victories for the first time in the new season, and continuing to create her best record in Indian Wells.

Zheng Qinwen reached the round of 16 in Indian Wells for the first time

Zheng's fourth-round opponent will be 18th seed Kostyuk, who eliminated homegrown wildcard Dolehide 6-3, 6-3. Zheng Qinwen and Kostyuk have played each other twice, both in the past two seasons (Montreal 2023 and Stuttgart 2024), with each side winning once.

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