 Veronica Kudomitoba vs Chen Wenzheng is the first quarterfinal for the Rome Open for the 2023, and both ladies have been very impressive to get to the quarterfinals. Zheng started the tournament off as the number 22 seed, and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round she'll take on Kornay, and after a close second set she'll get through in straights 6-3, 7-6. In the third round she'll take on the qualifier Bondair, who had just taken out Pliskovac in the previous round. This is no problem for Zheng getting through in straight sets 7-6, 6-4. In the fourth round she'll take on fellow Chinese player Wong, who've been very impressive to get to this fourth round. And after dropping the second set, Zheng would fight back in the third, getting through in 3-6, 4-3, 6-6, 6-1 to get to the quarterfinals. Kudomitoba entered the tournament as the number 11 seed, and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round she'll take on Diaz. This was no problem for Kudomitoba, getting through in straights 7-5, 6-2. In the third round she'll take on the 23rd seed Potipova, who she had had to battle through last week in Madrid, and this was no different. Going to a third set with Kudomitoba eventually winning 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 to get to the fourth round. In the fourth round she'll take on the 27th seed Potipova, who've just taken out Goff in 3 sets. And this was so far the easiest match for Kudomitoba, getting through in straights sets 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. These two have only played the one time before. That was last year in Tokyo, with Zheng winning his third set tiebreak. So if that's anything to go by, this match should be very, very close. If Zheng's going to win this one, she needs to be nice and aggressive. That's what both of these ladies are going to be. They're going to try and be aggressive and serve well. Zheng's going to have to serve well and try and take the baseline away from Kudomitoba. Kudomitoba's going to win this one. She needs to keep her cool. At times she does seem to lose her cool and get a little annoyed at herself. She needs to keep her cool and try and take the baseline and make Zheng run. This is going to be such a fun match and it's going to be very interesting to see how Zheng can play in one of the biggest matches of her career so far. But I have to go with Kudomitoba. I feel like her experience is going to get the win in this one and also being a better clay quarter. She also had a very good week last week in Madrid. So I reckon she might just get through an experience over Zheng but I hope it's going to be three sets and an absolute banger. Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this one?