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Swiatek also became the first woman to win the opening three WTA 1000 tournaments in a season.
Swiatek is the first player to make back-to-back finals at Indian Wells and Miami since Victoria Azarenka won the 'Sunshine Double' in 2016.
Wildcard Fruhvirtova was leading 6-2, 3-0 when the 32-year-old Azarenka informed the chair umpire that she was done and left the court.
Life at the highest level in individual sporting events like tennis is never easy.
The former world No. 1 will be out of action for three weeks.
Barty confirmed she would take herself off the WTA rankings, which will be updated after the Miami Open finishes this weekend.
She retires with 15 titles, less than two months after winning the Australian Open, her third Grand Slam singles triumph following the 2021 Wimbledon and 2019 French Open.
Fritz upset Nadel 6-3, 7-6 (5) on Sunday to win the BNP Paribas Open and snap the 21-time major champion's 20-match winning streak this year.
Swiatek reached her first Indian Wells final after overpowering former champion Simona Halep 7-6(6), 6-4.
Zhang rebounded after dropping the first set and fought back from a break down on two occasions in the final set to turn back the Ukrainian wild card.