 Katarina Alexandrova versus Petri Kovitava is the third quarter-final for the ladies Miami Open for 2023. And both players have unexpectedly made the quarter-finals. Alexandrova started the tournament off as the number 18 seed and got a buy in the first round. In the second round she'd take on Towson, the unseeded American, and after a very tough second set she'd eventually get through in 3, 6, 3, 5, 7, 6, 4. In the third round she'd take on the number 9 seed Bencic, who'd been having a very good season so far. And after a close first set Alexandrova would get through in straights, 7, 6, 6, 3. In the fourth round she'd take on Bianca on Drescu, who'd been in great form this week taking out Rodocano and Sakari. And after a very close first set on Drescu hurt her ankle and was forced to retire, allowing Alexandrova to make the quarters, 7, 6, love 2, retirement. Kovitava started the tournament off as the number 15 seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round she'd take on the Czech youngster Nuskova in a battle of the generations. This was easy for Kovitava, winning in straights, 6, 3, 6, love. In the third round she'd take on the number 22 seed Vekic. And after a close second set, Kovitava would get through in straights, 6, 4, 7, 6. In the fourth round she'd take on the qualifier Gracheva, who'd been very good in recent weeks taking out Onstraburr earlier in this tournament. And after a very close set in the second, Kovitava would get through 7, 5, 7, 6 to advance to the quarterfinals. These two have only played the one time before, that was back in 2020 at the Australian Open, with Kovitava getting the easy win, but Alexandrova's come a long way in the last three years. If Alexandrova's going to win this one, she needs to be aggressive and take advantage of the baseline. And that's when she plays her best, she's also going to have to serve well. She is sometimes prone to double folds, so she needs to eliminate those if she's going to get the win over Kovitava. If Kovitava's going to win this one, she needs to use that big lefty serve, and she also has to take over the baseline. It's kind of going to be a battle of who can take that baseline and make the other person run more. Kovitava's going to have to do that if she's going to beat Alexandrova. This is a very interesting match, because we didn't expect these two players to get into this stage. Maybe Kovitava, she has been in a little bit of form lately, but not Alexandrova. So a bit of a random matchup, I'm going to go with Kovitava. Based on her experience, of course, she's won Grand Slam, so I'm going to go with the Grand Slam experience and Kovitava to make it to the semis, but let me know down in the comments below, who do you think is going to win this one?