 And the stage of Potipova versus Arena Saber-Lenkup is the first semi-final for Stuttgart for 2023, and both ladies had to fight to get to the semi-final stage. Potipova entered the tournament unseeded and would take on the qualifier Martich in the first round. After losing the second set, would have to fight in a third set tiebreak, getting through with a win 6-3, 3-6, 7-6. In the second round she'd take on Coco Gough, a player she'd had a battle against a couple of months ago, but this time it was so much easier getting through in straight sets 6-2, 6-3. In the quarter-finals she'd take on the number 4 seed Garcia, and after dropping the first set, Potipova would come back to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals. Saber-Lenkup started the tournament off as the number 2 seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round she'd take on Krajikova, a lady she'd played in her last 4 tournaments, including this one, but this time Saber-Lenkup would win really easily 6-2, 6-3 to get to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals she'd take on Wildcard and best friend Pelibodosa, and after being down a set and a break Saber-Lenkup would fight back to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to get to the semi-finals. These two have actually never faced off before because Potipova is relatively new to the tour and hasn't had a chance to play some of the big dogs, but this year she's been playing really well and finally gets a set up against Saber-Lenkup. If Potipova is going to win this one she needs to keep her emotions in check. That's what failed her over the last couple of months in some big matches, especially against someone like a Pagula. She's lost a Pagula a couple of times over the last few months because she's lost her cool. She needs to make sure she doesn't do that against Saber-Lenkup. Saber-Lenkup is going to win this one. She needs to be aggressive and just take control and also hope that Potipova does maybe get a little bit in awe of the moment. She is the unseated player going into the semi-finals. The only one so she has lack of experience which Saber-Lenkup maybe can prey on. This is going to be a very fiery matchup because both these ladies are very intense and they love to shout, but I'm going to go with experience here and go with Saber-Lenkup to make her third straight final here in Stuttgart. Maybe third time lucky win the Porsche. I think she wins this one in straight sets, but let me know in the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this one?