Top seed Iga Swiatek simply defeated Yulia Putintseva 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday, securing her spot within the Indian Wells quarterfinals, the place she is going to face former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki.
Although Swiatek confronted a sluggish begin and needed to fend off 4 break factors within the third recreation, she shortly discovered her rhythm.
The Pole dominated the match, commanding a 5-1 lead within the first set, prompting Putintseva’s frustration as she threw her racket to the ground. Swiatek wrapped up the opener in below half-hour.
In the second set, Swiatek continued her robust efficiency, shortly gaining momentum. Despite Putintseva’s makes an attempt to be extra aggressive, the 22-year-old world No. 1 proved to be too formidable for her Kazakh opponent.
“I knew I had to keep my focus (in the second set),” stated Swiatek, who dropped serve twice within the second body. “But I just really wanted to play my game and focus on what I want to do. I’m glad I did that.”
Wozniacki, who returned to the tour final yr after stepping away from the game in 2020 to start out a household, eased previous fellow mom Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-2 earlier within the day.
“She’s a really experienced player,” Swiatek stated of the 2011 champion. I believe she’s taking part in nice after her maternity break; she was preventing to come back again. I’ve big respect for her. It’s going to be a pleasant match.”
Wozniacki stated she relished persevering with her run at Indian Wells after making the quarters for the primary time in 4 years.
“I’m just enjoying myself and I’m just thrilled I get another match in front of all of you guys,” she stated.
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-1. She subsequent faces one other Russian, Anastasia Potapova, who beat Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 0-6, 6-3.
Kostyuk dropped solely 4 factors on serve within the match and broke Pavlyuchenkova 5 instances to achieve her first quarter-final at a WTA 1000 occasion.
Kostyuk had edged Pavlyuchenkova in a three-setter in San Diego earlier this month however had a neater time of their fourth-round battle.
“It definitely helped that I played her (recently),” the 21-year-old Kostyuk, who reached the Australian Open quarters in January for her finest consequence at a Grand Slam, informed the Tennis Channel. “The conditions were much better for my game here; the ball bounces much higher and it’s a bit warmer. I didn’t feel like I was in so much trouble as in San Diego.”
Potapova booked her first journey to the quarter-finals of a Masters occasion together with her win over Dubai champion Paolini, snapping the Italian’s eight-match successful streak.
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