No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland and No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula made fast work of their third-round opponents on the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday in Indian Wells, Calif.
Swiatek, the defending champion, wanted simply 66 minutes to brush Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska 6-0, 6-2. Swiatek gained the primary 10 video games of the match to get near a double bagel earlier than Yastremska gained on her ultimate two serves.
Swiatek went 16-for-20 on her first-serve factors, by no means dealing with a break level. She additionally gained extra first returns (19) than Yastremska had first-serve factors (13) in a whole domination.
The previous World No. 1 informed reporters that the floor at Indian Wells fits her recreation.
“For positive, I really feel prefer it makes it extra seen, the topspin that I play,” Swiatek informed reporters. “However I nonetheless should play it. My recreation suits the floor right here, yeah. The floor helps, however it’s not the one factor. You continue to must do the job.”
To not be outdone, Pegula beat China’s Xinyu Wang 6-2, 6-1 in simply 62 minutes. Pegula transformed 5 of seven break factors whereas saving 3 of 4 that she confronted.
It was an indication that she is constructing on the momentum of her first title of 2025 final week on the ATX Open in Austin, Texas.
“An excellent-clean match on my aspect,” Pegula mentioned. “Simply coming off every week of successful offers you a lot confidence. Makes you extra match-tough, play the large factors rather well, controlling the matches. I am simply driving that momentum proper now.”
Pegula’s subsequent opponent might be Ukrainian No. 23 seed Elina Svitolina, who topped No. 14 seed Danielle Collins 6-2, 6-4.
No. 7 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan beat No. 25 seed Katie Boulter of Nice Britain 6-0, 7-5. Different winners included Czech fifteenth seed Karolina Muchova and Ukrainian 18th seed Marta Kostyuk.
Two matches remained on the schedule Sunday night time: No. 9 seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia in opposition to No. 22 seed Clara Tauson of Denmark, and Chinese language eighth seed Qinwen Zheng in opposition to New Zealand’s Lulu Solar.
–Area Degree Media