 Alina Svedolina vs. Marquette Von Drussever, the first semi-final for the ladies Wimbledon for 2023. Both ladies have been a surprise to get this far on the tournament. Svedolina started the tournament as an unseeded wild card and would take on Venus Williams in the first round. This was easy for Svedolina, getting through in straights 6-4, 6-3. In the second round she'd take on the number 28 seed Mertens. And after splitting the first two sets, Svedolina would run away with it 6-1, 1-6, 6-1. In the third round she'd take on the qualified Kenan, who had taken out Goff in the first round. And after a close first set, Svedolina would get through in straights 7-6, 6-2. In the fourth round she'd take on the number 19 seed Azarenka, being very impressive throughout the week. And this was a classic. With Svedolina having to fight back from a set down and play a super tie-breaker at the end, eventually prevailing a 3-2-6, 6-4, 7-6 to advance to another Wimbledon quarter-final. Quarter-finals Svedolina would take on the number one seed Shfiantec, who she hadn't played for a couple of years. And after taking the first set and dropping the second, she would fight through to win in 3-7-5, 6-7, 6-2 to advance to another Wimbledon semi-final. When Drussever started the tournament, unseeded and would take on Stearns in the first round, this is no problem getting through in straights sets, 6-2, 7-5. In the second round she'd take on the number 12 seed Kudmatova. And again, this was no problem getting through in straights sets, 6-3, 6-3. In the third round she'd take on the 20th seed Donna Vekic. And this is by far the most impressive performance so far. Getting through in straights sets, 6-1, 7-5. The fourth round she'd take on the number 32 seed Buzkova, who had just taken out Caroline Garcia in the previous round. And after dropping the first set, she'd have to fight back to win 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals, von Drussever would take on the number 4 seed Pagula, who had been very solid to get to this stage. And after dropping the second set, von Drussever would fight back in the final set from 4-1 down coming back to win 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to advance to the semi-final of Wimbledon. These two have played five times before with Svedalina leading the head-to-head 3-2 with their last meeting being two years ago at the Olympics. Von Drussever getting the easy win there on the hard courts, but this will be their first time playing on the grass. Of course, the first time since Svedalina had a kid and started this amazing run. If von Drussever is going to win this one, she needs to take that confidence that she had at the Olympics. She knows that she can play against Svedalina on a big stage. She proved that two years ago. She's also made a final of a Grand Slam where Svedalina hasn't. So psychologically, she might actually think, hey, I can actually win these because she has won semi-finals in the past. Svedalina is going to win this one. She needs to make sure she doesn't get too wrapped up in beating Shriyantek, because of course, beating Shriyantek isn't the goal winning Wimbledon is. So she needs to make sure she gets her head back in the game straight away. And also, she's never won a semi-final out of slam. So maybe take that out of her head as well. Play like this is just a quarter-final or a fourth round. This is such a random matchup. Nobody thought this was going to be the matchup going in with some of the names up the top of the draw. But I'm going to go with Svedalina to win this one. I think she's a better grass court player than von Drussever. Von Drussever has been good, but she was a little fortunate that Pagulla played bad at the end there. And I think Svedalina is a more accomplished player than Pagulla and also more confident. And I think she's going to get to her first Grand Slam final. Not only that, but as a mum. But let me know down in the comments below who's going to make the final.