 Simona Halep vs. Egas Fiontech is the first semi-final for the women's event in Indian Worlds for 2022. Both players have had different roads to get to the semi-final stage. Simona Halep got a buy in the first round because she was the 24th seed, but in her second round she would face Alexandrova. And after taking the first set, she went down to the second and had to fight in the third set, eventually winning in 3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. In her third round she would take on American teenager Coco Goff. And although on paper this looked like a difficult match-up, Halep didn't sweat, winning in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. In the fourth round she would take on Countrywoman, the number 26 seed, Serana Castella. And after blitzing the first set, she had to fight in the second, but she eventually got through in straight 6-1, 6-4. In her quarter-final match-up she would play the unseeded surprise of the tournament Petra Mardic. And this was by far the best performance from Halep for the week, winning in straight sets in less than an hour, 6-1, 6-1. Egas Fiontech entered the tournament as the third seed and got a buy in the first round. In the second round she would take on unseeded Ukrainian Kalanina. And after dropping the first set very closely, she blitzed it in the second two, eventually winning in 3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1. In the third round she would take on fellow Younggun, the number 29 seed, Talzin. And again after dropping the first set, she fought back to winning 3, 6-7, 6-2, 6-1. In the fourth round she would take on veteran and number 15 seed, Angelik Kerber. And again after dropping the first set she had to fight back to win, getting through in 3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. In her quarter-final match-up she would take on American and number 25 seed, Madison Keys. And this was the best performance from Fiontech for the week, dominating the American in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1 to get to the semifinal. These two have played three times or four with Halep leading the head 2-1 and their only match on a hard court has gone Halep's way at the Australian Open last year. If Halep's going to win this one, she needs to be at a defensive best. Getting everything back from Fiontech is going to be key and being on a slower court might actually help her be able to get to some of the balls that Fiontech is going to hit. If Fiontech is going to win, she needs to be aggressive. Rallying with Halep is not going to be the right way to go. She needs to be aggressive and she needs to make sure she serves well against the great return of Halep. This is a really tough one for me to pick because Halep, you know, we do know that she does lose her mind at times and Fiontech's pretty mentally strong and the court's kind of favour Halep. But I'm going to go with Fiontech in this one in three sets. I reckon this is going to be a classic like it was at the Australian Open a couple of years ago. But again, this is a toss-up for me. I'm going to go with Fiontech, but let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this semi-final?