Qinwen Zheng crushes Marta Kostyuk 6-3 6-2 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Tuesday after playing an extraordinary match to deal with Iga Swiatek in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The Chinese added to her prize money $ 86,100 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 189,625 after this win. If she wins the next match, Qinwen will add $ 143,500 to her earnings to get in total $ 333,125 in total.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Marta Kostyuk BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:20
At the end of the match, Qinwen scored 64 points vs. Kostyuk’s 47.
Zheng
The Chinese didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).
Kostyuk
On the other side, Kostyuk was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Kostyuk is 2-1 for Qinwen.
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Zheng will come up against Swiatek in the quarter.
This will be the 8th time that Qinwen Zheng and Iga Swiatek clash against each other. The head to head is 6-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Zheng won 6-2 7-5 in the semifinal in Paris back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The Chinese won the set after she broke Marta 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. The Ukrainian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Qinwen didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-3.
Zheng converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Kostyuk converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 66 points. Zheng conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Marta (37-29). The Chinese conceded 16 points on serve (17-16). on the other side of the net, Kostyuk conceded 20 points on serve (13-20).
Zheng had a strong start of this set after breaking Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd game (2-0). That break resulted decisive for the Chinese to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Zheng converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the Ukrainian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 45 points. Zheng won 9 more points than the Ukrainian (27-18). Zheng surrendered 5 points on serve (17-5). On the other side, Marta conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-3 6-2)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-1 6-2)
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica PegulaPegula (5-7 6-1 6-2)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-1 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Belinda BencicBencic (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Donna VekicVekic – Madison KeysKeys (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-6) – H2H details and stats
