Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina advance to Indian Wells semis
Top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland will meet No. 10 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open after each woman won Thursday in Indian Wells, Calif.
Swiatek, the defending champion, breezed past Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-2, 6-3, while Rybakina won a tough battle against Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4.
The other semifinal match will pit Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka, th