 Alina Rabacchino vs. Lude Miller Samsonova is the second semi-final for the Beijing Open for 2023. Both players have been impressive to get to the semis. Samsonova entered the tournament unseated and will take on parks in the first round. This is no problem getting through in straights, 6-4-7-6. In the second round she'll take on the number 12 seed Caviteva. And after a close second set, Samsonova would get through in straights, 6-4-7-5. In the third round she'll take on Kostuk who'd just beaten Onstubur in the previous round. And after a close second set, Samsonova would fight through to win. 6-4-6-7-7-5. In the quarter-finals she'd take on the 13 seed Osterpenko, who had just destroyed Pagulla the fourth seed in the previous round. This was the easiest match so far for Samsonova getting through in straights, 6-3-6-2 to advance to the semifinals. We're backing her into the tournament as the number 5 seed, and we'll take on Zheng in the first round. This is no problem getting through in straights, 6-1-6-2. In the second round she'll take on Maria. And again, no problem getting through in straights, 7-5-6 love. In the third round she'll take on the qualifier Andreiva, who'd been very impressive to get to this stage. And after being down a set and a break, Rebakon would fight back to win. 2-6-6-4-6-1 to get through a very tough matchup. In the quarter-finals she'd take on the world number one Sabalenka, a player she'd beaten at Indian Wells back in March. And after a tough first set, she'd get through in straights, 7-5-6-2 to advance to the semifinals. This will play three times before with Samsonova leading the head-to-head 3-0, including a match a couple of months ago where Samsonova got the three-set win. But Rebakon is looking a lot fresher now and also looks injury-free, which is really good to see for the first time in a long time. Samsonova is going to win this one. She needs to play better than she did against OstaPenko. The reason why she beat OstaPenko so easily is because OstaPenko played terrible and hit a lot of double faults, a lot of errors. She's not going to get those sort of errors from Rebakon. Rebakon hits too well, so she's going to have to play better herself, also serve well against Rebakon's big serve. Rebakon is going to win this one. She just needs to do what she did against Sabalenka, serve really well. She's had so many aces and limited the double faults. Also take advantage of the Samsonova serve a little bit, especially that second serve, which she doesn't serve well on that second serve, trying to attack it like she was against Sabalenka. This is such an interesting matchup because the underdog who you would think is Samsonova, but she has the record over Rebakon, especially in that recent win. But I've got to go with Rebakon to win this one. She looks so good against Sabalenka in the last round. I'm going to go with Rebakon in three sets, but let me know down in the comments below who's making the final.