 Carolina Mukova vs. Alina Rabakina is the third quarter final for the ladies for Indian Wells for 2023. And both players have had different roads to get to this stage. Mukova started the tournament unseeded and would take on Putin Sever in the first round. And after a close second set, she would eventually get through in 3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. In the second round she would take on the 14th seed as a ranker. And after a tiebreaker in the first, Mukova would get through in straights 7-6, 6-3. In the third round she would take on the 23 seed Treverson and again would have to battle through after dropping the second set, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. In the fourth round she would take on Country Woman and fellow unseeded player Von Drussever who had just beaten Onstubara in the previous round. Again Mukova would have to fight in 3, 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 to get to the quarter finals. Rabakina started the tournament off as the number 10 seed and were going to buy in the first round. In the second round she would take on Sofia Kenan, a fellow Grand Slam champion. And this would be a very tough match for Rabakina getting through in straights 7-6, 7-6. In the third round she would take on 2021 champion and 21st seed Bedosa. And after a second set that was close, Rabakina would eventually get through 6-3, 7-5. In the fourth round she would take on the qualifier Gracheva who had just beaten Kazakina along the way. And this was by far the best match for Rabakina getting through in straights 7-6, 6-3, 6-6 love to advance to the quarter finals. These two have only played the one time before. That was at the US Open back in 2019 with Mukova getting the straights 7-6 win but it's been a long time since then and Rabakina has done some great things in the last four years. If Mukova is going to win this one it's going to come down to injuries because over the last couple of matches she is wearing a lot of tape on her legs so she's obviously coming in with something wrong with her maybe with you know her thigh or her leg. So let's see what she can do with her movement but she has to be aggressive and move Rabakina around and try not to move much herself. If Rabakina is going to win this one she's a serve big and she needs to make Mukova run. Those legs are looking bandaged up she's going to have to make her run a lot and get those legs hurting even more. Hopefully Mukova can last the distance in this one but it's going to be interesting to see how this one plays out. I'm going to go with Rabakina though in straight sets she's just getting better and better as the tournament goes on and it seems like that back problem she had a few weeks ago is starting to go away but let me know down in the comments below who do you think is going to win this quarter final?