On March 12, Beijing time, in the fourth round of Indian Wells in the WTA1000 tournament, Zheng Qinwen played against the Ukrainian star Kostyuk who he had defeated last time, and finally Zheng Qinwen seized the opportunity and won easily 6-3, 6-2, after winning, Zheng Qinwen advanced to the top 8 to face Swiatek, who easily defeated Mukhova 2-0.

In this game, Zheng Qinwen struggled a little in the first set, and had a slight advantage in the break battle with his opponent, seizing the opportunity to break at the end of the set to win 6-3, but Zheng Qinwen's serve in the first set was not smooth.

In the second set, Zheng Qinwen broke serve at the beginning, and Kostyuk's service stability was extremely poor, giving Zheng Qinwen a chance to attack, and he broke in the opening game to protect Zheng Qinwen to lead 2-0. In the third game, Zheng Qinwen did not give up when the opponent fell behind 0-30 in the service game, and the score came to 40 draws in a row, and Zheng Qinwen did not seize the opportunity after several stalemates, and the villain went straight out of bounds to let the opponent get the first serve game of the second set, and the score was 2-1 Zheng Qinwen broke one more game to lead. In the crucial fourth game, Zheng Qinwen's serve finally came to a stable position, and the score quickly came to a 3-1 lead with continuous serves. In the fifth game, Kostyuk's serve was stable compared to the first set, Zheng Qinwen did not have an advantage in the baseline attack, but the continuous line change created a certain threat to the opponent, and Kostyuk also successfully completed the hold, and the score was close to 2-3.

In the crucial sixth game, Zheng Qinwen's very important service game. In the first point, Zheng Qinwen resisted the opponent's strong serve, and took the lead in scoring 15-0, but then Kostyuk continued to grab the serve, Zheng Qinwen's second point was seized by the opponent to score a strong attack, and the score came to 15-15, and the key third point Zheng Qinwen staged a volley in front of the net, achieving a 100% success rate in front of the net, and with the loss of the opportunity ball, the score came to 30 draws. Zheng Qinwen then made a small ball mistake in front of the net, and the opponent got a break point, and with the baseline confrontation, Zheng Qinwen saved the break point, and then won the set with a good serve, and the score stabilized at a 4-2 lead. In the seventh game, Zheng Qinwen took a 30-15 lead with a beautiful crossing ball, and under the pressure, Kostyuk made another double fault on serve, Zheng Qinwen got the break point and successfully cashed in, and the score came to a 5-2 lead, and the service game came.

Serving to win the game, Zheng Qinwen's first point and the opponent's forehand bottom line collided, and finally Zheng Qinwen waited for the opponent's mistake. In the second point, Zheng Qinwen led 30-0 with the opponent's service error, and in the third point, Kostyuk grabbed the service to score, 40-15 to get the match point and successfully won the game.