 Alina Rabakina vs. Irina Sabalenka is a final for Indian Wells for 2023. And both ladies have been very impressive to get to the final stage. Rabakina started the tournament off as the number 10 seed and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round she take on Sofia Kenan, a fellow Grand Slam champion. And this would be a very tough match for Rabakina getting through in straights 7-6-7-6. In the third round she take on 2021 champion 21st seed Bedosa. And after a second set that was close, Rabakina would eventually get through 6-3-7-5. In the fourth round she take on the qualified Gracheva who had just beaten Kazik Kena along the way. And this was by far the best match for Rabakina getting through in straights sets 6-3-6 love to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals Rabakina would take on the unseeded Mukova who had been very impressive this week. And after a close first set this match would go down to three sets. With Rabakina getting through 7-6-2-6-6-4 into her first semi-finals since the Australian Open. In the semi-finals Rabakina would take on the number one seed and world number one Igor Shriyantek. A player who she had beaten only a couple of months ago in Australia. And Rabakina destroyed Shriyantek in her most impressive performance of the week 6-2-6-2 to get to her first Indian Bals Final. Sabalenka started the tournament off as the number two seed and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round she take on Radina but this pose no problem for Sabalenka getting through in straights sets 6-2-6 love. In the third round she was supposed to play Sarenko who had just beaten Vekic the 29th seed in the previous round. With Sarenko pulled out last minute Sabalenka got a walk over win. In the fourth round she would take on the number 16 seed Krajikova. The only player to beat Sabalenka this season and after dropping the second set Sabalenka would again have to fight to win the match. This time winning in 3-6-3-2-6-6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals Sabalenka would take on the number 6 seed Goff and had some very close matches with Goff in the past. But this match Sabalenka looked amazing winning easily in straights sets 6-4-6 love to get to the semis. In the semifinals Sabalenka would take on the number 7 seed Zachary who made the final here last year. But just like against Goff Sabalenka was on another level getting through in straights 6-2-6-3 to advance to the final. These two have played 4 times before with Sabalenka leading the head to head 4-0. But every single match that they played has gone to 3 sets including the Australian Open Final only 2 months ago. If Rabakken is going to win this one she needs to serve well and she needs to make Sabalenka move. These players are so similar in the way they play it's pretty much the exact same keys to the match for both. But Rabakkena she's going to have to make Sabalenka move from the start and get that serve working. If Sabalenka is going to win this one she also needs to make Rabakkena move and serve well. It's probably going to come down to tie breaks or maybe serves in the end and who maybe double folds more. But Rabakkena has been very impressive despite being a slow court. So Sabalenka is going to have to make her run. This is a very very interesting match up here and the 4-0 head to head is a little bit misleading because most of those matches in fact all of those matches have gone 3 sets but I'm going to go with Sabalenka. She does look so different this year compared to everybody else. She's dominated everyone she's played except for that one loss that she's had. I think she's going to get the win over Rabakkena again just like she has the last 4 matches they've played. Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this one?