 Egas Shriontek vs. Emerotic Kano is the third quarterfinal for the Stuttgart Open for 2024. And if it's anything like two years ago, this one should be a banger. Rotokano entered the tournament unseeded and would take on Kerber in the first round. And after demolishing her in the first set, Rotokano would win in straights 6-2-6-1. In the second round she'd take on Noskovac, who had just demolished the number 8 seed Osta Penko in the previous round. And after baggling in the first set, Rotokano would eventually win in straights 6-1-7-5 to get to the quarterfinals. Shriontek entered the tournament as the number 1 seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round she'd take on Mertens, who had just taken out the wild card Tatiana Maria in three sets in the first round. And after trading a couple of breaks in each set, Shriontek would get through in straights 6-3-6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. These two would play two times a four, which Shriontek winning both matches in straights sets, but they did play it two years ago during the Shriontek streak and Rotokano put up a good effort getting a few games off Shriontek when others couldn't even get one game. So the way Rotokano is playing this week and the way she's been playing lately, she really could push Shriontek in this matchup. If Rotokano is going to win this one, she needs to be aggressive and serve well. Her servers look so good over the last couple of days. And also last week in the Billie Jean King Cup, she won both her matches this week in straights sets. And in the Billie Jean King Cup, she did really good against France. So serving well and being aggressive is going to be key if she's any chance of getting a set or beating Shriontek. If Shriontek is going to win this one, she needs to make sure she takes the aggression to Rotokano. She also needs to serve well in this one, even though it's on clay, serving doesn't matter that much for Shriontek. But she does get bullied around sometimes. And we saw that yesterday a little bit with Mertens. Mertens got a couple of breaks against Shriontek by being aggressive. And we know Rotokano at the moment is being really good and aggressive. So she wants to be careful with that, be good defensively and also serve well. Fun matchup here. And I reckon this might be the closest one of them all out of the three they've played. But I've got to go with Shriontek in this one. Her on clay is just too good to miss. And I just can't pick against her. Only the best players in the world over the last couple of years have beaten her. Rotokano maybe gets a set. I don't know, three sets Shriontek, but I reckon Shriontek wins this one and makes it the semis. But let me know down in the comments below who's making the semis.