 Arena Sabalenka versus Alina Svedalina is the second quarter final for the ladies event at the French Open for 2023 and both ladies Have had different roads to get to the stage Svedalina started the tournament off Unseated and will take on the number 26 seed Travis in the first round But she was able to demolish last year semi-final as 6-2 6-2 in the second round She take on the qualifier hunter and after dropping the first set she would fight back to win 2 6 6 3 6 1 In the third round she take on Blinkova and again after losing the first set Svedalina would have to fight back to win 2 6 6 3 7 5 in the fourth round She take on the number 9 seed and last year semi-finalist Kazakina who hadn't dropped a set all week And this was by far the most impressive performance by Svedalina getting through in straights 6 4 7 6 to advance to the quarter finals Sabalenka started the tournament off as a number 2 seed and will take on Kostuk in the first round There's no problem for Sabalenka getting through in straight 6 3 6 2 in the second round She'll take on the qualifier Shomanovich and after a close first set would win in straights 7 5 6 2 in the third round She take on Rackamova and again Sabalenka easily winning 6 2 6 2 in the fourth round She take on Sloane Stevens someone who had been very successful at the French Open over the years and after a very good comeback from Stevens and get to the first set tiebreak Sabalenka would get through in a tight match 7 6 6 4 to advance to her first quarter finals at Roland Garros These two were played two times before with the head dead split down the middle 1 1 with their last meeting actually coming 3 years ago in Strasbourg back when both ladies were in the top 10 Svedalina getting the win that day Svedalina is going to win this one She needs to get off to a better start She can't keep playing these long matches especially against someone like a Sabalenka You can't give Sabalenka the first set because we've seen this week that when she wins the first set She goes on to win the match Sabalenka is going to win this one She needs to be patient so many errors against Stevens And there's a little bit of similarity between Stevens and Svedalina in terms of game style So she needs to be patient and she needs to go for the winners when they're there Rather than trying to hit winners out of nowhere. This is going to be such a fun match It kind of feels like we're back in 2020 or maybe 2021 when both these ladies were up the top of the tree And what a comeback it has been after having a baby for Svedalina But I'm going to go with Sabalenka in three sets I think this is only the first time Sabalenka drops the set But I think Svedalina might just ran out of gas She's played so much tennis over the last few weeks and Sabalenka She hasn't lost too many matches lately So I'm going to go with Sabalenka in this one But let me know down in the comments below who you think is going to make it to the semis