On March 11, local time, the fourth round of singles competition was launched at WTA1000 Indian Wells Station. The tournament's No.8 seed, Zheng Qinwen of China, defeated Ukraine's Kostyuk 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the women's singles for the first time in her career.

Zheng Qinwen

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The two previous meetings between the two sides have won in three sets, winning one each: Zheng Qinwen won at the 2023 WTA in Montreal, and Kostyuk had the last laugh in last year's WTA Stuttgart. After last year's victory, Kostyuk's remarks about Zheng's low gold content sparked huge controversy. In this game, the two sides launched a "break battle" in the first set, and Zheng Qinwen took the lead 6-3 by virtue of the advantage of one more break game. In the second set, Zheng Qinwen broke serve at the beginning to take the initiative, and then she held the advantage in the service game steadily, winning another set 6-2 to seal the victory.

Zheng will next face No.2 seed Swiatek for a place in the semi-finals, who continued her title defence with just 57 minutes of time in today's tournament with a 6-1, 6-1 sweep of 15th seed Mukhova. Speaking about the upcoming match against Swiatek across the net again, Zheng Qinwen said in the post-match interview: "We're all going to give it our all, she won the first three matches easily, she's in very good shape, I'll keep fighting, let's see what happens." ”

Elsewhere in the Women's Singles, ninth seed Andreeva eased seventh seed Rybakina 6-1, 6-2 to make it through with ease. No.23 seed Svitolina battled out in three sets to defeat No.4 seed Pegula 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 to end her opponent's seven-match winning streak in singles.

Women's Singles Bottom Half Quarterfinals:

[9] Andreeva vs Svitolina [23]

[8] Zheng Qinwen vs Swiatek[2]

(Text and editor: Dato)