 Arena Sabalenka vs. Carolina Mukova is the first semi-final for the ladies French Open for 2023. And both ladies have been very impressive to get to this stage. Mukova entered the tournament unseated and will take on Zachary, the number 8 seed in the first round. And after a close first set Mukova would win in straights 7-6-7-5. In the second round she'd take on Potter Oscar. And after getting bagel in the second set she'd take it out in 3-6-3. Love 6-6-3. In the third round she'd take on this 27 seed Bagu. And again an easy win for Mukova getting through in straights 6-3-6-2. In the fourth round she'd take on the lucky loser Avanessian who'd beaten Bencicci along the way. If this was no problem for Mukova getting through in straights 6-4-6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals Mukova would take on fellow unseated player Pavlia Tchenkova who'd been very impressive to get to the quarter-finals. However Mukova was too strong getting through in straights 7-5-6-2 to advance to another semi-final at a slant. Sabalenka started the tournament off as the number 2 seed and would take on Kostruk in the first round. This is no problem for Sabalenka getting through in straights 6-3-6-2. In the second round she'd take on the qualifier Shomanovich. And after a close first set would win in straights 7-5-6-2. In the third round she'd take on Rackamova. And again Sabalenka easily winning 6-2-6-2. In the fourth round she'd take on Sloane Stevens. Someone who'd been very successful at the French Open over the years. And after a very good comeback from Stevens and get to the first set tie break Sabalenka would get to win a tight match 7-6-6-4 to advance to her first quarter-finals at Roland Garros. In the quarter-finals Sabalenka would take on Federlina who'd been having a very successful comeback from pregnancy. But unfortunately for Federlina this is where the fairy tale ended. But Sabalenka beating her in straights 6-4-6-4 to make it to another semi-final of the slam. These two have only played the one time before. That was four years ago on a hard court in China with Sabalenka getting a close straight set to win. But both players are much better than four years ago and of course this is being played on clay. If Mukavis going to win this one she needs to be aggressive and make Sabalenka move. Not so many players have been able to do that this week and get Sabalenka going round, running around a little bit more. Also bring the variety. She can hit some volleys, she can come to the net. Mukavis needs to do all those tricks to have a chance. Sabalenka is going to win this one. She needs to dictate the rallies, stand on the baseline and go for her shots. That's what Pavlia Cenkovic didn't do against Mukavis this week. So she needs to stand on that baseline, serve well as well, and hit those winners. This is going to be such a fire matchup. Two big hitters and two shot makers in the semi-final. But I've got to go with Sabalenka in this one to make the final. She's been so impressive this week, hasn't dropped a set yet. I think she might drop a set though and win in three, but let me know down in the comments below who's going to make it to the final.