Chinese Zheng Qinwen, the No 8 seed, reached the last eight of the Indian Wells WTA 1000 by winning against Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 18 seed, 6-3, 6-2 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Tuesday.
Zheng, ranked No 9, will play Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed, next.
“Well, I think it doesn’t matter… she [Swiatek] or me, both of us will give our best,” the Chinese said of Swiatek in her post-match interview. “She won like really easy the first matches at Indian Wells so she’s in good shape. Same as I, we’re gonna fight and let’s see what happens in the next match.”
Qinwen Zheng on facing Iga Swiatek next at Indian Wells:“We will both give our best. She won really easily her first 3 matches here at Indian Wells. She’s in good shape. Same as me. We’re gonna fight. Let’s see what happens.”
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) March 12, 2025
The 22-year-old Chinese defeated Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (6-3, 6-4) and New Zealander Lulu Sun (6-4, 7-5) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Kostyuk, ranked No 24, beat American wildcard Robin Montgomery (6-1, 6-3) and American wildcard Caroline Dolehide (6-3, 6-3).
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sonay Kartal
- Donna Vekic vs. Madison Keys
- Coco Gauff vs. Belinda Bencic
- Mirra Andreeva (9) beat Elena Rybakina (7): 6-1, 6-2
- Elina Svitolina (23) beat Jessica Pegula (4): 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek beat Karolina Muchova (15): 6-1, 6-1
