Iga Swiatek’s relentless profitable type at Indian Wells exhibits no signal of waning after he stormed into the quarter-finals with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Karolina Muchova.
Swiatek all the time appears at dwelling at Indian Wells and the 2022 and 2024 champion at this occasion was in ominous type as soon as once more as she overwhelmed Muchova because the rain subsided in California to permit play to get underway after a brief delay.
“I felt nice,” stated Swiatek after the match. “I used to be capable of regulate (after the rain delay). I’m comfortable about that.
“I used all my probabilities and I’m fairly comfortable I performed with such confidence and will end it rapidly earlier than the rain began [again].”
The win allowed Swiatek to enhance her report in W1000 tournaments as she turned the participant with the very best proportion of quarter-finals reached in WTA-1000 occasions (61.8%, 21 from 34 tournaments) for the reason that format’s introduction in 2009.
That moved her forward of the nice Serena Williams, who’s in second place in that record, as she made it by means of to the quarter-finals on 61.2% of the tournaments she competed in at this degree in her outstanding profession.
Since 1989, solely Monica Seles and Steffi Graf (33 every) secured 30 mixed wins in fewer matches in Indian Wells and Miami than Iga Swiatek (34, equalling Chris Evert and Venus Williams).
As well as, solely Lindsay Davenport (six, 1993-1998) and Martina Hingis (5, 1998-2002) have made extra consecutive quarter-finals than Iga Swiatek in Indian Wells for the reason that event’s inception in 1989 (4, 2022-2025).
They’re spectacular statistics that spotlight the consistency Swiatek is serving up and he or she admits she is relishing the situations in Indian Wells, after a brand new firm was employed to put in the courts this yr.
“I really feel prefer it’s tremendous. Nonetheless a gradual, bouncy courtroom. So it’s just about the identical, however possibly it’s a bit completely different. It’s onerous for me to say,” she stated.
“I stated from the start that we’re coming again after an entire yr taking part in on completely different surfaces anyway. So it’s onerous to actually examine the identical approach as I might after taking part in one week on one and the opposite one on the opposite floor.
“There’s a little little bit of a distinction between the middle courtroom and the follow courts, however that is what we have now at a lot of the tournaments.”
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This newest win additionally saved Swiatek within the race to exchange Aryna Sabalenka on the high of the WTA Rankings and whereas the Polish star is not going to overhaul her rival on this event, she is within the sort of type that may enable her to push for high spot within the subsequent few months.
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