 Alina Rabakina vs. Yelena Ostapenko is the second semi-final for the ladies rowing open for 2023. Both ladies had to fight to get to this stage. Ostapenko entered the tournament as the 20th seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round she'd take on Castella who had been very impressive the last couple of months. And Ostapenko would have to fight to win in three. 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. In the third round she'd take on the number 10 seed Krajikova. She'd been having a pretty decent season so far and after a good comeback in the first set, she would demolish Krajikova in the second 7-6-6 love to advance to the fourth round. She'd take on the number 8 seed Kazakina who had been getting in a little bit of form this week. And after splitting the first two sets, Ostapenko again would demolish in the final set. 6-4, 4-6, 6-6 love to advance to the quarter-finals. Quarter-finals, Ostapenko would take on the unseeded Bodosa who had beaten Jabara along the way. And after dropping the second set, Ostapenko would win in three. 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to advance to the semi-final. We're back in the start of the tournament off as the number 7 seed and we'll get a buy in the first round. In the second round, she'd take on Parleni and after a close first set, we'll get through in straights 7-6-6-1. In the third round, she'd take on Kalenskaya who had taken her out in Madrid only a couple of weeks ago. But unfortunately, Kalenskaya got injured and was unable to finish the match. We're back in the leading 4-3 retirement. In the fourth round, she'd take on Vondrusava who had taken out Sakkari in the previous round. And this was so far, we're back in his best performance, getting through in straights 6-3-6-3 to get to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, Rebecca would take on the number 1 seed Fjontek who she'd beaten twice already this year. But this was their first clay court meeting and after splitting the first two sets, Fjontek unfortunately got injured and would have to retire in the third. We're back in a winning 2-6-7-6-2 all retirement. These two were played three times before with Ostopenko leading the head to 3-1. But their recent meeting being in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open was an easy win for Rebecca. Funny enough, back then, she'd also beaten Fjontek to get to that quarter-final stage. If Ostopenko is going to win this one, she needs to be aggressive like she has been in the last couple of matches. She's been so impressive this week beating players like Kazakina, Bedosa, Kujikova, really, really easily with her aggressive game. So she needs to be aggressive and make Rebecca move. Rebecca is going to win this one. She needs to get that serve working. The serve wasn't really working against Fjontek. She'd get away with it in the tiebreak in that second set against Fjontek. But in the first set and a half, she was really struggling to get those first serves in and control the points. So she needs to do that and she needs to make Ostopenko move. There's going to be such a fun matchup and again, maybe two players at the start of the week that we didn't expect to be in this semifinal stage. But I'm going to go with Ostopenko in this one. I feel like the way she's playing and how she looks so much more comfortable on the clay courts than maybe Rebecca. I think maybe Ostopenko is going to get through in a close three set up. But let me know down in the comments below who's going to win this one.