a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n\u201cBasically, she might be like the only player I watch, so maybe that\u2019s why I also feel how she plays, and we played already many matches against each other, so we know each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven when I was starting on tour, we kind of had played in Prague 2019, one of the first tournaments we both play well at.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, for sure she\u2019s a great player and a great person. So hopefully we\u2019re going to play many more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Swiatek also sent a message to Muchova on Instagram after the match.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you @karolinamuchova it\u2019s always a pleasure to share the court with you,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
The Pole added:\u00a0\u201cOn to the next one tomorrow. Quarterfinals, let\u2019s go!\u201d<\/p>\n
Has something \u2018clicked\u2019 for Iga Swiatek in Indian Wells?<\/p>\n
Swiatek is yet to drop a set in Indian Wells, and she was asked in her press conference if she feels something has \u201cclicked\u201d for her at the WTA 1000 event.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it clicked, because there wasn\u2019t one exact moment, but I also played good in Warsaw before coming here,\u201d Swiatek said.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously when you change conditions from, like, minus-something winter indoors to Indian Wells, your tennis is going to feel that. So first days for sure weren\u2019t super smooth, but I think later on, I came back to being a solid me.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd, yeah, honestly most of the practices were good, but also, I wasn\u2019t expecting, like, any fireworks, because honestly, it\u2019s just a practice, like you can\u2019t judge from the practice anyway.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re going to feel amazing on the practice and then suddenly something isn\u2019t going to go as you planned on the match, it feels even worse.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I\u2019d rather, like, really take it easy, not have any expectations after practices, and just work as hard as possible, but then be ready for matches anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
Swiatek is chasing her third Indian Wells title, and she will face world No 9 Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
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