 Maria Sacre vs. Irina Camilia Bagou is the second quarter final for the Madrid Open for the ladies for 2023. Both players have been very impressive to get to the quarter final stage. Bagou entered the tournament as the number 31 seed and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round she take on Mukava. We're just taking Contebaid out in the first round and after a close second set, Bagou would get through in straights 6-4-7-5. In the third round she take on the 33rd seed Rodgers who was a replacement for Anstjaber who was injured. This was no problem for Bagou getting through in straight sets 7-5-6-2. In the fourth round she take on the 14th seed Samsonova who had just destroyed Osterpenko in the previous round. And after a slow start she was forced to come back getting through in straights sets eventually 6-4-6-4 to get to the quarter finals. Sacre entered the tournament as the number 9 seed and we're going to buy in the first round. In the second round she take on the Qualifier Ruse. This was no problem for Sacre getting through in straights sets 6-4-6-4. In the third round she take on the Wildcard Massarova who had just taken out Vecic in the previous round. And after dropping the first set Sacre would have to fight back to win 3-6-6-3-6-3 to get to the fourth round. In the fourth round she take on Bodosa the number 26 seed who had just demolished Coco Goff in the previous round. Sacre looked amazing serving extremely well getting through in straights sets 6-4-6-4 to make it to a first quarter final in Madrid. These two have played three times before with Sacre leading the head to 2-1 with their previous match being last year in St. Petersburg in the semifinals. Sacre having to fight back in a 3-set victory was a bit the first time they've ever played on a clay court which might give Bogu a bit of an edge. If Bogu's going to win this one she needs to limit the errors. She's looking very confident this week hasn't dropped a set for the entire week up until the stage and those wins over Sampson over especially are very very impressive so let's see if she can keep that confidence going and try and limit those errors and not give Sacre anything. If Sacre's going to win this one she needs to serve well like she did against Bodosa. She played very strong against Bodosa and she also dictated the rallies as well. She needs to continue doing that but she also needs to keep it out of her head that she is the favourite and also the moment the fact that she might be able to make a semifinal. She will be the very big favourite in this one so keep that out of her head and not to get distracted. This is going to be an interesting matchup because again we didn't expect Bogu to be in this stage and Sacre hasn't had a great season especially being in that section with players like Bodosa and Goff and with Jabernoff being here it's a little bit random and I'm going to go with Sacre to make the semifinal. She doesn't lose the quarter finals of these tournaments very often. She's made a lot of semifinals I think she might make one again in Madrid but let me know down in the comments below who's going to make it to the semifinal.