 Higash Fiontek vs Maria Sakri is the final of Indian Wales for 2024. And both players have had different rows to get to this stage. Sakri entered the tournament as the number 9 seed and will get a buy in the first round. In the second round she'd take on Schneider and after dropping the first set would fight back to win. 5-7, 6-4, 6-love. In the third round she'd take on the 20th seed Garcia. Very tricky opponent to no problem for Sakri getting through in straights. 6-3, 6-4. In the fourth round she'd take on Parry who'd taken out Fernandez along the way. And after dropping the second set Sakri would fight back to win. 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals Sakri would take on the 23rd seed Navarro who'd just taken out Sabalankar in the previous round. And after dropping the first set would fight back to win. 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 to advance to another semi-final in Indian Wales. In the semi-finals Sakri would take on the number 3 seed Goff who had had to struggle to get to this stage. And after a long rain delay after the first set and a very intense second set Sakri would eventually get through in 3, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 to advance to the final. Shriyantek entered the tournament as the number 1 seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round she'd take on Colin. There's no problem getting through in straights. 6-3, 6-1. In the third round she'd take on the 26th seed Noskova who had beaten her at the Australian Open a couple of months ago. This was a totally different story which Shriyantek winning easily. 6-4, 6-1. In the fourth round she'd take on Putinseva who had taken out Madison Keyes in the previous round. But again no problem for Shriyantek getting through in straights. 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals Shriyantek would take on the wildcard Wozniaki who had had a real resurgence this week. After going down early Shriyantek would fight back in the first with Wozniaki eventually retiring. 6-4, 1-1 retirement. In the semifinals Shriyantek would take on Kostchuk the 31st seed who had done really well to get to the semifinal. Shriyantek was too powerful getting through in straights. 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the final. These two have played five times before with Sakri actually leading the head dead 3-2. But they haven't played in over two years. In fact the Indian Wells final of 2022 was the last time they played and Shriyantek won in straights yet. So be a real test for Maria because of course Shriyantek since then has only gotten better and better. Sakri is going to win this one. She has to keep that intensity like she did against Goff. In the first set against Goff she was flawless. She did kind of stumble in the second but if she can really bully Shriyantek and keep that intensity that she's been keeping the last two weeks she might be a chance here. Shriyantek is going to win this one. She needs to get off to a good start. She got off to a great start against Kostchuk. Of course Kostchuk was a little shaky maybe a little nervous. So she's got to get off to a good start against Sakri because we know that if Sakri goes off and starts hitting random winners everywhere it's going to get really scary for Shriyantek. This is a really interesting final. It's really interesting because we haven't seen them play for a few years and this is one of the only players that has a winning record over Shriyantek but I've got to go with eager in three. I think Sakri might win a set but I think Shriyantek will hold strong and get the win in three but let me know down in the comments below. Who's going to win Indian Wells?