 Arena Sabalenka vs. Maya Sharif is the first quarter final for the ladies Madrid open for 2023. Both ladies have been impressive to get to this stage. Sharif started the tournament off unseated and will take on Georgie in the first round. And after dropping the first set she would come back to force a third. And unfortunately Georgie would have to retire handing Sharif the win 4-6-6-4 retirement. In the second round she take on the 30th seed Kalanina. And after a close second set she gets through in straights 6-2-7-6. In the third round she take on the number 5 seed Garcia. And after a very close first set Sharif would again get through in straights 7-6-6-3 to get to the fourth round. In the fourth round she take on the number 24 seed Mertens. And after losing the second set she'd have to fight back to win. Getting through in 3-6-4 love 6-6-4 to get to the quarter finals. Sabalenka started the tournament off as the number 2 seed and get a buy in the first round. In the second round she take on Castella who had actually beaten her earlier in the year in Miami. But Sabalenka got her revenge getting through in straights at 6-4-6-3. In the third round she take on the wild card Osorio who had had some solid wins to get to the stage. This was no problem for Sabalenka getting through in straights sets 6-4-7-5. In the fourth round she take on another wild card the teen sensation on Drava who had taken out Adajmaaya and Lynette to get to the stage. And after a close first set experience showed and prevailed Sabalenka winning 6-3-6-1 to get to another Madrid quarter final. These two players have actually never played before so this is going to be interesting to see how both of these players adjust to each other's game having never played. More service Sabalenka it might be a little tricky for her to start. If Sharif's going to win this one she needs to serve well and she needs to just take it up to Sabalenka. Sabalenka of course we know she loves to dominate the baseline so Sharif's going to take that away from her and make Sabalenka run. Sabalenka's going to win this one she needs to serve well and dominate the baseline. Sharif is tall compared to most players and she probably does have a big serve as well. So Sabalenka's going to have to serve well which she has been doing all week but she also needs to dictate the rallies and not let Sharif take control. This is a strange matchup because Sharif was probably someone nobody expected to be in this stage and we all expected Sabalenka to be here but she hasn't really had to play anyone super difficult. So I'm going to go with Sabalenka in straight sets here. I think she's going to keep rolling on into the semi-finals. She just looks like she wants to be the Madrid champion again. Sharif's had a great run I think it might come to an end but let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this one?