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Swiatek rallied from 2-4 down in the second set
and staved off a late comeback attempt from the Canadian former
champion to seal a 6-3 7-6(1) win and set up a meeting with
Briton Emma Raducanu.
The top seed said she had hoped before the tournament began that
she would face "stressful moments" and that she was happy with
how she had got through them.
"Well, most of the times I feel like I have improved, but there
are some matches where I feel like a little bit in chaos, and I
don't know which way to go that it's going to work," Swiatek
told reporters.
"But honestly, it's not happening often. In more cases I kind of
choose the right solution, and then I'm playing better. Then the
momentum changes and I just go with the flow."
Swiatek beat Raducanu in straight sets the last time they met,
on the claycourts of Stuttgart last year, but the Pole said slow
conditions in Indian Wells could make the upcoming match a bit
tricky.
"I think after Stuttgart, I just know how her shots feel on the
racket, because before I haven't even practised with her,"
Swiatek said.
"So it helps that way, but on the other hand, it's great because
we're playing on hardcourt, and there it was clay, but actually
this surface is slower.
"I think I have to really take care of tactics anyway, and we'll
see. Honestly, like every day is different. Stuttgart match was
like almost a year ago."
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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