Defending champion Iga Swiatek clinched her place in the Indian Wells quarter-finals with a 6-1 6-1 thrashing of Karolina Muchova.
It was another statement win for Poland’s Swiatek as she aims for a third title in California.
The world number two has dropped just six games on her way to reaching the last eight and will face either Zheng Qinwen or Marta Kostyuk next.
Swiatek’s match against Muchova was delayed by almost an hour because of rain, but it then took her just 57 minutes to secure a dominant victory.
The 23-year-old is the first woman to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals for four consecutive years since Karolina Pliskova, who achieved the feat between 2016 and 2019.
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