Two-time Indian Wells champion Iga Swiatek avenged her shocking Paris Olympics loss to Zheng Qinwen with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over the Chinese eighth seed on Thursday to reach the semifinals in the California desert.

Iga Swiatek admits she was keen on getting "revenge" against Zheng Qinwen in Indian Wells but also tells her Chinese rival that it was "nothing personal" but only a competitive nature.

Defending champion Iga Swiatek cruised past China's Zheng Qinwen in straight sets to reach the Indian Wells semi-finals. Zheng beat Swiatek on the way to winning gold at last year's Paris Olympics - but was no match for the Pole in their first meeting since.

The fifth-seeded Keys crushes Belinda Bencic to set up an Australian Open rematch against top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka at the BNP Paribas Open. Daniil Medvedev, Holger Rune and Jack Draper advance

Iga Swiatek is on the verge of scripting history at Indian Wells. In the quarterfinals on Friday (March 13), the Pole got her revenge on Qinwen Zheng for the 2024 Paris Olympics semifinal defeat.

Iga Swiatek’s path to a third Indian Wells Open title runs through Qinwen Zheng, the woman who shattered her Olympic dream.

Defending champion Iga Swiatek beat Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday, avenging her Olympics semi-final loss to the Paris Games gold medallist to reach the last four at Indian Wells.The world number two from Poland will get a chance to avenge another upset loss in a semi-final clash with Mirra Andreeva -- the 17-year-old Russian who stunned her in the quarter-finals at Dubai last month on the way to becoming the youngest-ever WTA 1000 champion.

Iga Swiatek sealed her revenge against Zheng Qinwen, defeating her in their Indian Wells quarterfinals showdown.

Notching up her 10th straight win at this event, Iga Swiatek became the first player to reach the women's singles semi-finals at the Indian Wells Open in four successive years