Elina Svitolina waited for a three-hour rain delay in the California desert to defeat the fourth seed Jessica Pegula 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 and moved to the Indian Wells Quarter-Finals.
After the Ukrainian dropped the first set, he rallied before the weather was interrupted in the proceedings in advance of the third set.
“I’m a bit angry [about losing the first set]It was a bit of a firing in that second set and tried to play better tennis, ”Svitolina said. “I’m glad the way I was able to stay composed, even after the rain delay.”
Pegula enters the day with seven match winning streaks with a contest title in Austin, Texas.
Svitoline, in the Indian Wells Quarter-Finals for the first time since 2019, the next one opposed either seventh seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan or ninth seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia.
Earlier, Iga Swiatek had Wallop Karolina Muchova 6-1, 6-1 to book her place over the last eight, continuing her relentless march by contest along with another successful success.
Polish Dating World No. 1 has just dropped six games since arriving at the event and raped his opponent in Czech with a closely flawless performanceethat with only four mistakes against a dozen winners while never faced at a break point.
“Honestly, sometimes the matches can be unique,” Swiatek, the Indian Wells champion in 2022 and 2024, said following 57-minute success. “This is enough for a player who doesn’t feel perfect and others feel great. Then suddenly the difference is greater than it is usually.
“It’s tennis. Things that can happen. Certainly, I used my opportunities and I used my opportunities. Not easy, but, well, I can think of it. “
Swiatek is one in 10 women with two championships in the Southern California event, and aims to prevail three times. He got his latest success out of the way before a storm that stopped all actions.
“I know this big cloud is coming and maybe if I don’t finish after I wait a little bit,” Swiatek said. “In [the] Last two games, it’s a bit slippery, but I really want to finish. So I’m kind of playing more risk – but shots are still inside. “
After waiting through a rain delay, Swiatek took the momentum, which flows into the first four games and does not drop a first-serve point in the opening set.
Muchova, who enjoyed an inspired run in the US Open Semi-final last year after being recovered from the pulse operation, could not find his level in the second set while the mistakes were stacked.
Swiatek closed it for 57 minutes with an irreversible service to set up a meeting with either Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen of China or Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk who met later, allowed time.
