Unstoppable Iga Swiatek sweeps aside Cirstea in the quarter to play vs Rybakina next player at the BNP Paribas Open. HIGHLIGHTS – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Swiatek rolls past Cirstea to fight against Elena Rybakina in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Sorana Cirstea

Iga Swiatek rolls over Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Indian Wells on Thursday after playing a terrific match to square off with Elena Rybakina in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. The Pole won this tournament once in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Swiatek
Indian Wells
Swiatek's Record

The Pole added to her prize money $ 168,170 after winning this match. She has already won $ 352,635 until now in this event. If she wins the next match, the Pole will add $ 309,725 to her earnings to get in total $ 662,360.

Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Sorana Cirstea BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Swiatek
Cirstea
Iga Swiatek
6-2 6-3
1h:22
Sorana Cirstea
60
60
Total points
43
43
24
24
Winners
15
15
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
65%
65%
1st in
61%
61%
71%
71%
1st won
48%
48%
24/34
24/34
1st won
15/31
15/31
50%
50%
2nd won
45%
45%
9/18
9/18
2nd won
9/20
9/20
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
2/2
2/2
63%
63%
Won
100%
100%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Swiatek scored 60 points vs. Sorana’s 43.

Swiatek

Swiatek was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).

Cirstea

On the other side, Cirstea was stunning in converting all her break points (2/2). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Swiatek and Cirstea is 2-0 for Iga.

Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Swiatek will compete against Rybakina in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Swiatek and Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Rybakina won 6-4 6-4 in the 4th round in Melbourne back in January 2023.

Iga Swiatek Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Swiatek 6-2
SwiatekCirstea
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SwiatekCirstea
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SwiatekCirstea
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
SwiatekCirstea
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SwiatekCirstea
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
SwiatekCirstea
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
SwiatekCirstea
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
SwiatekCirstea
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SwiatekCirstea
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Swiatek overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Sorana Cirstea in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, there was more work to do for Swiatek to win the set since the Romanian succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Pole kept her focus to break the Romanian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Iga failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.

The Romanian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Iga converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Cirstea was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).

They contested 59 points. Iga was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than Cirstea (37-22). The Pole dropped 10 points on serve (20-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Sorana conceded 17 points on serve (12-17).

2nd Set -
Swiatek 6-3
SwiatekCirstea
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
SwiatekCirstea
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
SwiatekCirstea
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
SwiatekCirstea
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
SwiatekCirstea
4
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SwiatekCirstea
4
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SwiatekCirstea
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SwiatekCirstea
2
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Swiatek conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Sorana Cirstea in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, that was not enough for the Pole to win the set since Sorana managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game.

Swiatek converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Cirstea was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (0-4 15-40).

They contested 44 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Pole won just 2 more points than Cirstea (23-21). The Pole lost 9 points on serve (13-9). On the losing side, Sorana conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).

1st
Swiatek
Cirstea
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Swiatek
Cirstea
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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