Iga Swiatek defeats Qinwen Zheng 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Indian Wells on Thursday. Swiatek will clash against Mirra Andreeva in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. The Pole won this tournament twice in 2022 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Pole added to her prize money $ 143,500 after winning this match. She has already won $ 333,125 as of now in this event. If she wins the next match, the Pole will add $ 266,500 to her earnings to get in total $ 599,625.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Qinwen Zheng BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Pole scored 66
points vs. the Chinese’s 47.Swiatek
The Pole was remarkable in converting all the break points (5/5).
Zheng
On the other side, the Chinese was not so effective in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Swiatek and Zheng is 7-1 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Mirra Andreeva – stats
Swiatek will fight against Andreeva in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Iga Swiatek and Mirra Andreeva play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Swiatek and Andreeva (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Andreeva won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Dubai back in February 2025.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Iga to win the set because the Chinese succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.
The Pole failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.
The Chinese lost the 6th game (5-1) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
Swiatek was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 6th (4-1 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They played 63 points. The Pole was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than the Chinese (37-26
). Iga conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the net, Qinwen conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).Swiatek had a great start in this set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, that was not enough for Swiatek to win the set since the Chinese found the way to break back in the 8th (3-5) game. The Pole kept her cool to break Qinwen in the 9th (6-3) game.
Iga was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, the Chinese converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 6th (1-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40).
They contested 50 points. Swiatek was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Zheng (29-21). The Pole surrendered 11 points on serve (16-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Zheng conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
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- Madison KeysKeys – Belinda BencicBencic (6-1 6-1)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (7-5 6-3)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-3 6-3)
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