Yuan Yue, of China, returns a shot to Zheng Qinwen, of China, at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, March 9, 2024, in Indian Wells, California. (PHOTO / AP)

WASHINGTON - China's Yuan Yue battled through to Indian Wells quarterfinals after she defeated No. 11 seed Daria Kasatkina in three sets on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old Austin champion extended her winning streak to nine matches as she outlasted Kasatkina 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two and a half hours.

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"I am super happy today. Even though I felt tired during the match, I kept my confidence that I could do well," she said.

"I made too many mistakes in the first set, but I well adjusted myself in the second set," she added.

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Yuan next faces third seed Coco Gauff who dispatched German Elise Mertens 6-0, 6-2.

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Yuan was fresh from winning her first WTA Tour title at the 2024 ATX Open, and made her Top 50 debut the following week as a result. In the final, Yuan defeated Wang Xiyu in the fourth all-Chinese final in tour history and the first since Nanchang 2018 when Wang Qiang defeated Zheng Saisai.