Swiatek approached the match with a strategy born from their previous meetings. Having won six of seven past matches, she was keen on regaining composure after her recent loss to Zheng. In juxtaposition, Zheng entered the match with confidence, proclaiming they were on equal footing. Sadly for Zheng, the match dynamics unfolded differently.

After a rocky start of the year for both players, Zheng and Swiatek are playing at a high level once again. The two players are scheduled for a rematch in the quarterfinal of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Thursday.

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