 Egas Vyontek vs. Lubmila Sampsonova is the final of the China Open for 2023. Both players have been impressive to get to the final. Sampsonova entered the tournament unseeded and will take on parks in the first round. This is no problem getting through in straights, 6-4-7-6. In the second round she'll take on the number 12 seed Caviteva. And after a close second set, Sampsonova would get through in straights, 6-4-7-5. In the third round she'll take on Kostchuk who'd just beaten Onstubar in the previous round. And after a close second set, Sampsonova would fight through to win, 6-4-6-7-7-5. In the quarter-finals she'll take on the 13 seed OstaPenko, who had just destroyed Pagula the fourth seed in the previous round. This was the easiest match so far for Sampsonova getting through in straights, 6-3-6-2 to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Sampsonova took on the number five seed Rabakina, who had just taken out world number one Sabalenka in the previous round. And after a close first set, Sampsonova would win in straights, 7-6-6-3, to advance to another 1,000 final this year. Sfiontek entered the tournament as the number two seed, and would take on Torma in the first round. But there's no problem getting through in straights, 6-4-6-3. In the second round she'll take on Gracheva, and again no problem for Sfiontek getting through in straights, 6-4-6-1. The third round she'll take on fellow Polish player Lynette, who she'd actually never played before. However this is no problem getting through in straights sets, 6-1-6-1. In the quarter-finals she'll take on Garcia the number nine seed, who had started to play well over the last few weeks. And after two very tough first sets, Sfiontek would run away with the third, 6-7-7-6-6-1, to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Sfiontek would take on the number three seed, Goff, who she had lost to in Cincinnati a couple of months ago. But this time Sfiontek would get revenge, getting through in straights, 6-2-6-3, to advance to the final. They still played twice before, with Sfiontek leading the head to head 2-0, including a match they played in Dubai back in February of this year. Sfiontek getting an easy win, so Sampsonova's going to really have to change things up if she's going to be a threat in this final. If Sampsonova's going to win this one, she needs to serve well like she did against Rabakana. Also she needs to be aggressive like she was against Rabakana. She hits so many errors, but she also hits so many winners. So she's going to have to try and balance that, I guess, winner-to-error ratio. If she is going to beat Sfiontek, because we do know Sfiontek does struggle against players that do play aggressive against her, like players like Osta Pinker, for example. If Sfiontek's going to win this one, she just needs to use her finals experience, because of course she's been in so many of these big finals before. Sampsonova's still new to the scene here, so it's a big chance here for Sfiontek. And also to do what she did in Dubai, she won so easily. If she does that game plan, she should get another win. This is probably not the final that we expected, or maybe not even the final that we wanted, but Sampsonova earned her spot. And this hasn't been the only time she's been in this situation, but you've got to go with Sfiontek based on experience to get through this one, probably win this one in a couple of sets, maybe goes three, but I think Sfiontek lifts the trophy. Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think's going to win?