 Petrica Vitova vs. Maria Sacre is a second quarter final for the Ladies Indian Wells for 2023. Both players have had to fight to get to this stage. Sacre entered the tournament as the number 7 seed and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round she take on the unseeded Rodgers who've beaten some really big players at these events before but this was no problem for Sacre and Sacre would have to fight to get through in 3, 2, 6, 6, 4, 6 love. In the third round she take on Kalanina for 27 seed and again after dropping the first set Sacre would have to fight eventually winning in 3, 3, 6, 6, 2, 6, 4. In the fourth round she take on the 17 seed Plishkova who had just beaten the 11 seed Kudamatova in the previous round and again Sacre would have to fight to get through this match in 3, getting through 6, 4, 5, 7, 6, 3. Kovitava started the tournament off as the number 15 seed and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round she take on the wild card Mandlik and after a tough second set we'll get through in straights 6, 1, 7, 5. In the third round she play the 24 seed Osta Penko and this is one of the strangest score lines you'll ever see after losing the first set 6 love coming back to win love 6, 6 love, 6, 4. In the fourth round she take on Pagula the third seed a player she had beaten earlier in the season and after taking the first set she would have to fight to the end eventually prevailing in 3, 6, 2, 3, 6, 7, 6 to advance to the quarter finals. These two players have played seven times before with Sacre leading 4-3 in their head to head and having won two of their past meetings in straights sets. If Kovitava is going to win this one she needs to be aggressive and try and push Sacre around. We know Sacre's got good defense but she doesn't like to be pushed around that much and Petra is the bigger hitter in this matchup and use that big lefty serve as well to just get Sacre off the court. If Sacre's going to win this one she needs to push Petra around. We know that Kovitava's movement is definitely an issue. If she stands inside the baseline then Sacre's going to have a tough time so she needs to start moving Kovitava around so that she can get the win. This is a very interesting matchup with two very big names coming into this one of course Sacre is the defending finalist from last year so I'm going to go with Sacre in this one to win in three sets. I think Sacre's had a very tough road so far but she's physically fit enough to play another three setter so I reckon she's going to get the win but let me know down in the comments below who do you think is going to win this one.