 Alina Rabakina versus Anastasia Pavlochenkova is the second quarterfinal for the ladies French Open for 2021. And these two have played some big names along the way to make it to the quarterfinals. Rabakina started this tournament in the first round as the 21 seed, playing the French wildcard, Jackamo. And after a tight first set, she got through in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1. Her second round matchup was against Habino. And again, after a close first set, Rabakina won in straight 6-3, 6-1. Her third round opponent was against Vesnina. And again, it was an easy straight sets win. Getting through, 6-1, 6-4. Her fourth round opponent was gonna be her biggest test to date, the number seven seed, one of the greatest players of all time, Serena Williams. Didn't seem to affect Rabakina. She came out swinging and blew Serena off the court, 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals. Pavlochenkova entered the tournament as the 31st seed and played Mikhail in the first round. Getting through in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1. Her second round opponent, Tomjanovic, was another easy match. Pavlochenkova won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Her third round opponent was number three seed, Sabalenka, and one of the favourites for the tournament. And after dropping the second set, Pavlochenkova finished real strong. Getting through in 3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1. In her fourth round, she take on another Belarusian, the number 15 seed, Azarenka. And after going down in the first set, Pavlochenkova rebounded, came back to win, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. These two have never played before on the single side, but they have played doubles together and actually playing doubles at the French Open this year. But they know each other's game very, very well. But it's clear who has the more experience, because Pavlochenkova's made it to the quarterfinal of every single slam, not only in singles, but also in the doubles as well, whereas Pobakina is playing her first quarterfinal at a major. In order for Pavlochenkova to win, she's going to have to stop Pobakina's big hitting, her big forehand, and her big serve. It wasn't easy against Serena, and if Pobakina plays well, she's going to be beating Pavlochenkova just as easy as she's beaten everybody else. For Pobakina to win, she's going to have to serve well and hit that forehand like she was all this tournament. She hasn't dropped a set all week, so she is going to be feeling very good about herself, having not lost a set. But if she does lose a set to Pavlochenkova, what will she be able to do? Will she be able to rebound from losing her first set of the week? This is a tough one to pick, but I'm going to go with Pobakina to win this one in three sets against Pavlochenkova. Her forehand and her serve have been firing on all cylinders this week. She's yet to drop a set. And I think even though Pobakina has got the experience, I think Pobakina has the confidence right now. So I'm going to go with Pobakina to win. Let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this one?