Swiatek produced a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Karolina Muchova in over 57 minutes at the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday to reach the next round.
Swiatek is the first woman to reach the Indian Wells quarterfinals for four consecutive years since Karolina Pliskova from 2016-19. She has now beaten Muchova in four straight matches, including the 2023 final at Roland Garros, and is 4-1 overall.
Honestly, sometimes matches can be pretty weird,” Swiatek told reporters. “It’s enough for one player to not feel perfect and the other feel great. Then suddenly the difference is much bigger than it usually is.
“It’s tennis. Things like that can happen. For sure I used my opportunities and I used my chances. It’s not easy, but, well, I can imagine that it looks like it.”
It doesn’t matter who’s on the other side of the net — Swiatek just keeps on doing Iga things at Indian Wells. She raced into the quarterfinals, where she’ll face the winner of the later match between No. 8 Zheng Qinwen and No. 18 Marta Kostyuk on Thursday.
The World No. 2 dropped all of four games in previous wins over Caroline Garcia and Dayana Yastremska — including two with a scoreline of 6-0. Through three matches, Swiatek has now won 36 of 42 games.
Those six dropped games in three matches equal the best effort in history at Indian Wells.
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