On March 16, Beijing time, the fourth round of the WTA1000 Indian Wells Station began to compete, and in a duel between Grand Slam champions, Kerber and Sviatek met. The two sides fought in three sets in this game, and Sviatek reversed it after losing the first set, knocking Korbel out 2-1 and successfully reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament.
The two sides broke each other's serves at the beginning of the first set, and in the third set, Sviatek saved three break points to save serves, and the two sides fought 2-2 in the first four sets. In the 5th set, Kerber completed the break and then held the serve to take a 4-2 lead. In the 7th set, Kerber broke the opponent's serve again, and came to win the set 5-2. In the 8th set, Sviyateck broke the opponent's serve to win the set, and then saved the serve to make it 4-5. In the 10th set, Kerber did not waste a second serve to win the game, and after saving the serve, he won the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Sviatek came up to break the belt and made it 2-0. In the 3rd inning, Kerber completed the comeback, but then Sviatek broke again to take a 3-1 lead. In the 5th and 6th innings, the two sides broke each other again, and in the 8th set, Sviatek broke again to win the second set 6-2.
Both sides saved their own serves in the first four sets of the decider, and Sviatek lost the serve in the fifth set, and then she quickly broke back in the 6th set. In the 8th set, Sviatek completed the key break and came to win the game 5-3. In the 9th set, Sviatek managed to save serve and won the decider 6-3.
In the end, in a game that took 2 hours and 8 minutes, the No. 3 seed Sviatek defeated the 15th seed Kerber 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the indian wells quarterfinals. This is the first time in Sviatek's career that she has reached the quarterfinals at IW, and she will face the winner between Keys and Dart.