For a place in the final of the women’s singles at the tournament in the California desert she overpowered Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine 6-2, 6-1 on Friday.
"I'm happy with the performance," said Świątek, who didn't face a break point.
"I think it was the cleanest match I played here”, she added.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Świątek, who won the 2022 Indian Wells title, needed just 69 minutes to get past the 32nd-ranked Ukrainian to face Maria Sakkari of Greece in the final game.
Their showdown will be a rematch of the 2022 title clash when the Pole lifted the Indian Wells trophy for the first time.
Sakkari found the going tougher, having to overcome a Coco Gauff fightback to book a place in the decider with a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 victory in a lengthy, rain-interrupted battle.
Świątek last month won the Qatar Open tournament in Doha for the third consecutive time, claiming her 18th career singles title.
The 22-year-old Pole in November regained her spot at the top of the world rankings in women's tennis after winning the season-ending WTA Finals tournament in Mexico.
She now leads the WTA rankings with 10,105 points, ahead of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, with 8,725 points, and American Coco Gauff, with 6,975.
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Source: PAP, AFP