 Eagish Fiontech vs Carolina Pushkova is the second semi-final for the Qatar Open for 2024. Both ladies have a different roads to get here. Pushkova started the tournament unseeded and will take on Callan Skyer in the first round. And after dropping the first set would fight back to win 2-6-7-6-6-4. In the second round she'd take on Potipova and after dropping the second set would have to fight back to win 6-1-5-7-6-4. In the third round she'd take on Noskova, another player just like Callan Skyer who had played really well in Australia. And again after dropping the first set she would fight back to win 3-6-7-5-6-1. In the quarter finals she'd take on Neymar Saka, a player she'd beaten at the start of the season in Brisbane. And after two close tie breaks Pushkova would eventually win 7-6-7-6 to advance to the semi-finals. Fiontech entered the tournament as the number one seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round she'd take on Kostya. This is no problem getting through in straights. 6-1-6-1. Third round she'd take on the 14 seed Elegant Drover. And again no problem for Fiontech getting through in straights. 6-1-6-4. In the quarter finals she'd take on Azarenka, who had just beaten in Osta Penko for the third time this year, which meant Fiontech wouldn't have to play her boogie woman. And this was a relief to Fiontech who would get through in straights. 6-4-6-1 to advance to the semi-finals. These two have only played 3 times or 4 where Fiontech leading the head to head 3-0. But they have played a couple of close matches over the last 12 months once in Stuttgart last year where Pushkova finally won a set and also Montreal with a first set tie break. So the way Pushkova has been playing as well with all that confidence after winning in Transylvania last week, Fiontech's got to be at her best. If Pushkova's going to win this one she needs to serve well. She's been serving so well and also try and keep the energy up as well because of course she's played so much tennis over the last couple of weeks. Played pretty much every day since winning in Transylvania last week and even then she had won 3 or 4 matches in a row to get to that title. So she's going to have to try and maybe keep the points short, not getting rallies with Fiontech and use that serve to get the free points as well. If Fiontech's going to win this one she needs to keep Pushkova out there as long as possible. She doesn't necessarily have to win the first set but just keep Pushkova out there as long as she can and rallies, long, long rallies are going to make it for Fiontech and be better for Fiontech in the long run. What a fun matchup. We didn't expect this one of course Fiontech we expect because she's been two time defending champion but you know Sakurai, Osaka, Garcia, Jabir, all fell down in that section Pushkova got through but I've got to go with Fiontech in a close straight set. I just think Fiontech against Pushkova right now is just much better and also in Doha no one can beat Fiontech. She's won so many matches here in a row she's won the last two times. I have to go with her to make the final but let me know down in the comments below. Who do you have in making the final of Doha?