Overview
- World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka beat No. 10 seed Victoria Mboko 7-6 (0), 6-4 in the Indian Wells quarterfinals.
- Sabalenka produced the only service break in set two and saved all five break points she faced.
- The matchup was a rematch of their Australian Open meeting earlier this season, which Sabalenka also won.
- Mboko entered as the 10th seed after a Doha final and a 16-5 start to the year, marking a second straight WTA 1000 quarterfinal.
- In doubles, Mboko and Mirra Andreeva fell 7-6 (7), 6-2 to fifth seeds Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunic, who converted 4 of 6 break points and won 72.5% of first-serve points.