 Alina Rabakina vs. Igor Sfiantec is the second semi-final for the ladies at Indian Wells for 2023. Both players have had different roads to get to the semi-finals. Sfiantec started the tournament off as the number one seed and will get a buy in the first round. In the second round she'll take on Lu, the American. But this was no problem for Sfiantec, getting through in straights. Six loves, Six won. In the third round she'll take on the 32nd seed on Drescu, who she had played last year on the clay. And after a close second set Sfiantec would have to fight to get through 6-3-7-6 to get to the fourth round. In the fourth round she'll take on Emirado Canu, who had been very impressive this week beating Hedaj Maya in the third round. But this didn't faze Sfiantec getting through in straights sets easily. 6-3-6-1 to get to another quarter-final. Sfiantec entered the quarter-finals and would take on Kasteya, the unseeded player in that quarter-final. But again, this was an easy road for Sfiantec getting through in straights. 6-2-6-3 to advance to another Indian Wells semi-final. Rabakina started the tournament off as the number 10 seed and will get a buy in the first round. In the second round she'll take on Sofia, Kenan, a fellow Grand Same champion. And this would be a very tough match for Rabakina getting through in straights 7-6-7-6. In the third round she'll take on 2021 champion 21st seed Bedosa. And after a second set that was close, Rabakina would eventually get through 6-3-7-5. In the fourth round she'll take on the qualifier Gracheva, who had just beaten Kazakina along the way. And this was by far the best match for Rabakina getting through in straights sets 6-3-6 love to advance to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals Rabakina would take on the unseeded Mukava, who had been very impressive this week. And after a close first set, this match would go down to three sets, with Rabakina getting through 7-6-2-6-6-4. Into her first semi-final since the Australian Open. These two have played two times before with the record standing at 1-1 with their previous meeting being the Australian Open. Rabakina taking that in straights sets. Rabakina is going to win this match. She needs to serve big and push Fiontek around and use that power of hers to her advantage. In the Mukava match she was running around a lot and that's really not her strength. So she needs to make sure she dominates those baseline rallies pushing Fiontek around. If Fiontek's going to win this one, it's simple. She needs to push Rabakina around. Mukava did it very, very well but just fell apart towards the end of the match. But we know Fiontek doesn't fall apart in matches like this. So she's going to push Rabakina around and maybe come to the net and finish points off in that service box area. This is going to be a very highly anticipated matchup because of course, Australian Open was only a couple of months ago and it was an easy win on score to Rabakina. I think Fiontek's going to get revenge though in this one and win in three sets. I think Rabakina's pace isn't going to work as well on the slower hard course like it did in Australia. And Fiontek's going to take advantage, get to the final. Let me know down in the comments below who you think is going to win this one.