A pair of 6-4 victories helped the Spanish world number seven beat her Canadian opponent on Stadium 1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California.

"Can we make every week the tournament here?" Badosa quipped afterwards.

"I’d vote for it.

"It’s amazing to be back here.

"Today was very tough.

"Leylah is an amazing player, very fast, very good timing.

"I knew I had to fight and serve very well.

"I think I did that the entire match.

"I’m very, very happy to be in the quarter-finals again."

Veronika Kudermetova, competing as a neutral due to the ban on Russian flags following the invasion of Ukraine, will be her last eight opponent after edging a close battle with Czech Republic's Markéta Vondroušová 7-6, 6-7, 7-5.

Greece's Maria Sakkari progressed when her Australian opponent Daria Saville retired trailing 4-1 in the first set, and will is next due to play Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan after she beat Olympic women's doubles silver medallist Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland 7-6, 6-2.

In the other half of the draw, Poland's Iga Świątek is the top ranked player remaining in the competition.

The third seed came from a set behind to beat Germany's Angelique Kerber 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Świątek is scheduled to face the last remaining American player  in the last eight, Madison Keys, following her comfortable 6-4, 6-1 triumph over British qualifier Harriet Dart.

The 2015 Indian Wells winner Simona Halep prevailed 6-1, 6-4 in an all-Romanian clash with Sorana Cîrstea, and in the other fourth round tie Croatia's Petra Martić overcame Russia's Liudmila Samsonova, competing as a neutral, 7-6, 6-4.

In the men's singles, seventh seed Andrey Rublev, another Russian competing as a neutral, racked up his 11th consecutive victory with a 6-3, 6-4 win against American Frances Tiafoe.

He is set to Hubert Hurkacz in what looks one of the ties of the fourth round, the Pole triumphing 7-6, 6-3 over American wildcard Steve Johnson.

Italy's Matteo Berrettini is the highest ranked player left in the bottom half of the draw, and he saw off South Africa's Lloyd Harris 6-4, 7-5.

Miomir Kecmanović of Serbia awaits the sixth seed following his 7-6, 7-5 straight sets win against The Netherlands' Botic van de Zandschulp.

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, a semi-finalist last year, defeated Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-4, while the United States' John Isner claimed an impressive 7-5, 6-3 victory against Diego Schwartzman of Argentina.

Isner's compatriot Taylor Fritz came from behind to beat Spain's Jaume Munar 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 , but another home favourite in Tommy Paul lost 7-6, 6-4 to Australia's Alex de Minaur.

The Indian Wells Masters is due to continue tomorrow, including the first women's singles quarter-finals between Halep and Martić, and Świątek and Keys.