 Victoria Azarenka vs Jessica Pagula is the second quarter final for the ladies Australian Open for 2023. Both ladies have had interesting roads to get to the finals. Azarenka started the tournament off as a number 24 seed and will take on Sofia Kenan in the first round. After a close second set she got through in straights 6-4, 7-6 and the second round she'll take on Potoroska and this was by far the easiest match for Azarenka getting through in straight sets 6-1, 6-love and the third round she'll take on last year's semi-final is Madison Keyes the number 10 seed and after dropping the first set would come back to win 1-6, 6-2, 6-1. In the fourth round she'll take on the unseeded Zoo who had just beaten Maria Sakri in the previous round and this was the toughest match for Azarenka yet losing the first set but coming back in 3-4, 6-6, 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the quarter finals. Pagula started the tournament off as the number three seed and will take on Christian in the first round but she was no trouble for Pagula getting through in straight sets 6-love, 6-1. In the second round she'll take on Sastnovic and after a close second set Pagula would eventually prevail in 2-6-2, 7-6. In the third round she'll take on Kostya and again Pagula very impressive winning easily in straight sets 6-love, 6-2. In the fourth round she'll take on the number 20 seed Krajikova a former French urban champion and after a close first set Pagula would again prevail in straight sets 7-5, 6-2 to get to another Australian quarter final. These two have played four times before but the record split down the middle at 2-2 but Pagula has won their last match the semi-finals of Guadalajara last year. If Azarenka is going to win this one she needs to be aggressive and be the bigger player. She needs to serve well as well. She has struggled the last couple of matches in her serving and also in the match itself so she needs to make sure she comes out of the game a bit stronger and gets that first set. If Pagula is going to win this one she needs to just keep doing what she's been doing. She hasn't lost a set all week and she needs to make Azarenka run and be a little more aggressive like she has been in this season. Pagula is usually more of a defensive baseliner but for some reason this year she's getting a little bit more aggressive. This is going to be really fun because we've got the two-time champion playing against someone who a lot of people think can win this whole thing especially now that Sveontek is out. But I'm going to go with Pagula because I reckon that it's going to be a very close straight set but I think Pagula is going to be winning this one. She just looks so good at the moment and I think she's going to take it as Azarenka and continue on to her first Grand Slam semi-final but let me know down in the comments below who do you think is going to win this one.