 Arena Sabalenka vs. Marquette of Ondrusova is the second quarterfinal for the ladies Stuttgart Open for 2024 and both players have had to fight to get to this stage. Ondrusova entered the tournament as the number 6 seed and will take on Vekage in the first round and after a close first set would get through in straights 6-4-6-3. In the second round she took on Potipova who had a battle against Sampson over in the first round and after a close first set she got through in straights 7-6-6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. Sabalenka entered the tournament as the number 2 seed and will get a buy in the first round. In the second round she took on close friend Bedosa who was coming in with a protected ranking and after trading the first two sets Bedosa eventually got injured being forced to retire midway through the third with Sabalenka winning 7-6-4-6-3 all retirement to get to the quarterfinals. These two have played six times before with Sabalenka holding a 4-2 record over Ondrusova but they haven't played in over a year and they've also never played on a clay court so Ondrusova did make a French Open final of course five years ago so she is versed on the clay but Sabalenka right now being aggressive in the way she's playing especially the way she's played here in the past is going to be a formidable task. If Ondrusova is going to win this one she needs to frustrate Sabalenka by hitting all those slice shots and all the drop shots and all the fancy things that she does because Sabalenka if she gets on her game she's going to be very aggressive and very hard to beat she's one that made the last three finals here so Vondy's got to frustrate her Sabalenka's going to win this one she needs to keep her cool she was going to lose that match had Bedosa not got injured so she needs to keep her cool and she needs to get the ground strokes working also maybe be a bit more strategic in this one rather than just trying to crash and bash her way to a victory very fun matchup champ as a champ the Australian Open champ versus the Wimbledon champion but I've got to go with Sabalenka in this one I reckon Sabalenka will put that Bedosa match behind her and she'll come out swinging and it will work this time and she has made the final last three years in a row here so she really wants this title I think she wins this one it may be a close straight sets but let me know down in the comments below who's making the semis