INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Madison Keys prolonged her profitable streak to 16 matches, reaching the BNP Paribas Open semifinals with a 6-1, 6-1 wipeout of wild-card entry Belinda Bencic on Thursday.
The Australian Open champion wanted simply 65 minutes to carry up her finish of a rematch with top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, who beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-2, 6-3 later. Keys beat Sabalenka in three units in January at Melbourne Park, denying Sabalenka a 3rd consecutive title.
Bencic was coming off an upset of No. 4 seed Coco Gauff within the fourth spherical, however the 28-year-old from Switzerland by no means had an opportunity towards the fifth-seeded Keys.
Ben Shelton, at 22 the youngest American man to achieve the quarterfinals at Indian Wells since 2004, could not go additional. Jack Draper of England moved on to the semifinals with a 6-4, 7-5 victory.
The Thirteenth-seeded Draper will face No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz, the two-time defending champion who prolonged his profitable streak at Indian Wells to 16 matches with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Francisco Cerundolo.
Iga Swiatek reached the BNP Paribas semifinals for the fourth consecutive time in her bid to be the primary girl to win the match thrice. The No. 2 seed from Poland beat eighth-seeded Qinwen Zheng of China 6-3, 6-3 in a rematch of a Paris Olympics semifinal from final summer time gained by Zheng.
Swiatek, the defending champion, has a 10-match profitable streak within the California desert. The five-time Grand Slam champion additionally gained the occasion in 2022. Zheng ended Swiatek’s 25-match profitable streak on the Olympics final yr.
Swiatek transformed all 5 of her break factors, however Zheng broke twice on her solution to profitable six video games, matching the whole Swiatek had dropped within the match coming into the match.
On the lads’s aspect, Daniil Medvedev reached the Indian Wells semifinals for the third consecutive yr with a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7) victory over 20-year-old Frenchman Arthur Fils.
The 29-year-old Russian, seeded fifth, stored alive a bid for a 3rd journey to the ultimate of the occasion. That included a quick delay within the third set when gusty wind blew particles everywhere in the stadium.
Mirra Andreeva superior to the ladies’s semifinals with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Elina Svitolina. Holger Rune moved on to his first Indian Wells semifinal by rallying for a 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 win over Tallon Griekspoor.
